modulator

 [moj-uh-ley-ter]  

mod·u·la·tor

   [moj-uh-ley-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that modulates.
2.
Telecommunications. a device for modulating a carrier wave.
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Origin:
1490–1500; < Latin modulātor; see modulate, -tor
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Modulator is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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modulate (ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to change the tone, pitch, or volume of
2.  (tr) to adjust or regulate the degree of
3.  music
 a.  to subject to or undergo modulation in music
 b.  (often foll by to) to make or become in tune (with a pitch, key, etc)
4.  (tr) physics, electronics to cause to vary by a process of modulation
 
[C16: from Latin modulātus in due measure, melodious, from modulārī to regulate, from modus measure]
 
modulability
 
—n
 
'modulative
 
—adj
 
'modulatory
 
—adj
 
'modulator
 
—n

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