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modulate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Modulate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.) To pass from one key into another. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: modulate v 1: change the key of in music; "modulate the melody" 2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: {inflect}] 3: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: {regulate}] 4: adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of 5: vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
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