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verb (used with object)
1.
to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
2.
to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.
3.
Music.
a.
to attune to a certain pitch or key.
b.
to vary the volume of (tone).
4.
Telecommunications. to cause the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (a carrier wave) to vary in accordance with a sound wave or other signal, the frequency of the signal wave usually being very much lower than that of the carrier.
verb (used without object)
5.
Telecommunications.
a.
to modulate a carrier wave.
b.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. to talk; visit: Enjoyed modulating with you.
6.
Music. to pass from one key to another: to modulate abruptly from A to B flat.
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Origin:
1550–60; < Latin modulātus (past participle of modulārī to regulate (sounds), set to music, play an instrument). See module, -ate1
1550–60; < Latin modulātus (past participle of modulārī to regulate (sounds), set to music, play an instrument). See module, -ate1
Related forms
re·mod·u·late, verb (used with object), re·mod·u·lat·ed, re·mod·u·lat·ing.
un·mod·u·lat·ed, adjective
un·mod·u·la·tive, adjective
EXPANDwell-mod·u·lat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. temper, control.
2. temper, control.
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Example Sentences
- Liquid crystal diodes do not emit light, they merely modulate either transmitted or reflected light.
- She hypothesized that the electrodes might modulate the area and ease the depression.
- The capacity to modulate and verbalize anger in constructive ways has failed to develop in people who are violent.
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Word Origin & History
modulate
1610s, in music, from L. modulat-, pp. stem of modulari (see modulation). In telecommunications from 1908. Related: Modulated; modulating.
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modulate  (mŏj'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
To vary the amplitude, frequency, or some other characteristic of a signal or power source. See also amplitude modulation, frequency modulation. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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