Modulate

English

Etymology

< Latin modulatus, pp. of modulari (“‘to measure, regulate, modulate’”) < modulus (“‘measure’”); see modulus. Cf. module.

Verb

Infinitive to Modulate

Third person singular modulat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Modulate (third-person singular simple present modulat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt
2. (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
3. (transitive) Template: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)
4. (intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression

Derived terms

• amplitude modulation, AM
• frequency modulation, FM
• phase modulation

Related terms

• demodulate
• modem
• modulator
• module
• modulus

Translations

to regulate

Danish: modulere, regulere

Slovene: regulirati sl(sl), uravnati sl(sl)

to change the pitch (transitive)

Danish: modulere

to cary the amplitude etc.

to move from one key to another (intransitive)

Danish: modulere

External links

• Modulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Modulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

modulate

1. Second-person plural present tense of modulare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of modulare#Italian.
3. Feminine plural of modulato.

fa:modulate io:modulate it:modulate kn:modulate hu:modulate fi:modulate ta:modulate te:modulate vi:modulate zh:modulate