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/ˈmäjəˌlāt/,
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modulates, 3rd person singular present; modulated, past participle; modulating, present participle; modulated, past tense;
  1. Exert a modifying or controlling influence on
    • - the state attempts to modulate private business's cash flow
  2. Vary the strength, tone, or pitch of (one's voice)
    • - we all modulate our voice by hearing it
  3. Alter the amplitude or frequency of (an electromagnetic wave or other oscillation) in accordance with the variations of a second signal, typically one of a lower frequency
    • - radio waves are modulated to carry the analog information of the voice
  4. Change from one key to another
    • - the first half of the melody, modulating from E minor to G
  5. Change from one form or condition into (another)
    • - ideals and opinions are not modulated into authoritative journalese
  1. change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
  2. tone: vary the pitch of one's speech
  3. regulate: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
  4. adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
  5. vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
  6. (modulation) transition: a musical passage moving from one key to another
  7. Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002. Although a few tracks on his previous release, The Last Dog and Pony Show, had featured tape loops and samples, Mould shocked his fans with such a dramatic embrace of electronica. ...
  8. In electronics, modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a high frequency periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with respect to a modulating signal. ...
  9. (Modulation (European Union)) As part of its Agenda 2000 reforms, and effective January 1, 2000, EU member-countries may reduce (or modulate) direct aid to producers (by a maximum of 20%) in cases where: *the labor employed in a farm falls below a threshold set by national authorities; *the ...
  10. To regulate, adjust or adapt; To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument; (electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music); to move from one key or ...
  11. (modulation) The process of applying a signal to a carrier, modulating; Methods of modulating
  12. (Modulated) color blending type; mid-gray is transparent, black and white are opaque (see color blending)
  13. (Modulating (Valve)) An electrically (or hydraulically) operated valve that can vary it's position (eg closed, 10% open, 20% open etc.) in response to an analogue control signal. Modulating valves are useful for controlling processes such as oxygenation, dosing etc. ...
  14. (Modulating) An action that adjusts by minute increments and decrements.
  15. (Modulating) Type of device or control which tends to adjust by increments (minute changes) rather than by either full on or full off operation.
  16. (Modulating) a process by which the rate of energy flow is continuously adjusted as necessary to match a varying load. Common examples include modulating valves and modulating boilers.
  17. (modulation) The process of sending a control signal to a sound source so as to change the character of the sound.
  18. (Modulation) Any of several techniques for combining user information with a transmitter's carrier signal.
  19. (Modulation) Change of key within a composition.
  20. (MODULATION) The process in which audio, video or other information signals are impressed on an RF carrier.
  21. (Modulation) The process, or results of the process, whereby some characteristic of one signal is varied in accordance with another signal. The modulated signal is called the carrier. ...
  22. (modulation) The process of altering the output carrier of a transmitter in some way in order to convey information.
  23. (MODULATION) is a prescribed method of encoding digital (or analog) signals on a different waveform (the carrier signal). Once encoded, the original signal may be recovered by an inverse process, demodulation. ...
  24. (“modulation”) means a variation in the emission of noise that –
  25. (2) Modulation) While a tone at 4 HZ would be too low to hear by itself, if you generate noise and then fluctuate its pitch or volume at 4 times each second, this can also be used for brainwave entrainment, and would affect us the same way a 4 HZ binaural would. ...