Dictionary

modulate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑ.djuˌleɪt/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmɑ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɔd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmɒd͡ʒɪˌleɪt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt. ▸ To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.
   • "Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice. 1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
2. (transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt. ▸ 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).
3. (intransitive, transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt. ▸ To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression.

Forms

Deriveds

modulation · nonmodulating · frequency modulation · AM · modulative · amplitude modulation · premodulate · down-modulate · chronomodulated · radiomodulating · immunomodulating · overmodulate · upmodulate · FM · comodulate · neuromodulate · intermodulate · modulatable · remodulate · downmodulate · radiomodulated · nonmodulated · phase modulation · unmodulated · angiomodulating · immunomodulate · modulatory

Relateds

modulator · modulus · module · modulation · modem · demodulate

Translations (47)

bg регулирам (to regulate) · fi moduloida (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · ru модулировать (to regulate) · da modulere (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · bg модулирам (to change the pitch (transitive)) · mi whakaauau (to change the pitch (transitive)) · it modulare (to regulate) · fi moduloida (to vary the amplitude etc.) · es modular (to regulate) · da modulere (to change the pitch (transitive)) · fr moduler (to vary the amplitude etc.) · bg модилирам (to vary the amplitude etc.) · ru модулировать (to vary the amplitude etc.) · de modulieren (to regulate) · uk модулюва́ти (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · ca modular (to regulate) · da regulere (to regulate) · de modulieren (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · it modulare (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · pl modulować (to regulate) · fi säännellä (to regulate) · pl modulować się (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · pl zmodulować się (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · nl moduleren (to vary the amplitude etc.) · bg променям (to regulate) · uk модулюва́ти (to vary the amplitude etc.) · sl uravnati (to regulate) · fr moduler (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · ru модули́ровать (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · pl modulować (to vary the amplitude etc.) · fi moduloitua (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · pl zmodulować (to vary the amplitude etc.) · nl moduleren (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · fr moduler (to change the pitch (transitive)) · pl zmodulować (to change the pitch (transitive)) · pt modular (to regulate) · pl cieniować (to change the pitch (transitive)) · pl zmodulować (to regulate) · zh 移調 /移调 (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · zh 轉調 /转调 (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) · ca modular (to vary the amplitude etc.) · pl modulować (to change the pitch (transitive)) · mi whakaauau (to regulate) · fr moduler (to regulate) · da modulere (to regulate) · sl regulirati (to regulate) · fi moduloida (to change the pitch (transitive))