About The Word Modulate
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Modulate
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What's The Definition Of Modulate?
[v] vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
[v] adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of [v] fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [v] of one's speech, varying the pitch [v] change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" Synonyms | Synonyms for Modulate: inflect | regulate Related Terms | Find terms related to Modulate: abate | accommodate | adapt | adjust | adjust to | allay | alleviate | alter | ameliorate | assuage | attemper | balance | bank the fire | be changed | be converted into | be renewed | better | blunt | bottom out | box in | break | break up | change | chasten | checker | chop | chop and change | circumscribe | come about | come around | come round | condition | constrain | control | convert | damp | dampen | deaden | de-emphasize | deform | degenerate | denature | deteriorate | deviate | diminish | diverge | diversify | downplay | dull | extenuate | fit | flop | haul around | hedge | hedge about | improve | inflect | intonate | jibe | keep within bounds | lay | leaven | lenify | lessen | lighten | limit | lower | meliorate | mitigate | moderate | modify | mutate | narrow | obtund | overthrow | palliate | play down | qualify | realign | rebuild | reconstruct | re-create | redesign | reduce | reduce the temperature | refit | reform | regulate | regulate by | remake | renew | reshape | restrain | restrict | restructure | revamp | revive | ring the changes | season | set | set conditions | set limits | shift | shift the scene | shuffle the cards | slacken | slow down | smother | sober | sober down | soften | stifle | subdue | subvert | suppress | swerve | tack | take a turn | tame | temper | tone down | tune | tune down | turn | turn aside | turn into | turn the corner | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn upside down | undergo a change | underplay | vary | veer | warp | weaken | work a change | worsen See Also | adjust | alter | change | mouth | play | set | speak | spiel | talk | utter | vary | verbalise | verbalize Modulate In Webster's Dictionary \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modulated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Modulating}.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to
measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter,
melody, dim. of modus. See {Mode}.]
1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain
portion.
2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical
manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in
reading or speaking.
Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive
so many? --Broome.
\Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.) To pass from one key into another. |
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