Complete Definition of "modulate"

English

Verb
en-verb|modulat|ing

  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 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. context|intransitive|music to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression

Translations
trans-top|Regulate
Danish: modulere, regulere
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trans-top|Change the pitch (transitive)
Danish: modulere
trans-mid
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trans-top|Vary the amplitude etc.
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trans-top|Move from one key to another (intransitive)
Danish: modulere
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
demodulate
modem
modulator
amplitude modulation AM
frequency modulation FM
phase modulation

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