modulator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin modulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or, -ārī Latin modulor ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English modulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English modulator From modulate + -or.
Meanings
- A person who modulates.
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A device or thing that modulates.
[Poetry] is a most musicall Modulator of all Intelligibles by her inventive Variations, undulling their Grossenesse, and subliming it into more refined Acceptablenesse to our own, or others understandings.
1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
- A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| modulators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
regulator · mediator · arbitrator · governor · regulator · synchronizer · attenuator
Deriveds
biomodulator · neuromodulator · radiomodulator · pulse modulator · phase modulator · oncomodulator · selective androgen receptor modulator · comodulator · myomodulator · vasomodulator · immunomodulator · cryomodulator
Relateds
Translations (10)
fi modulaattori (device that modulates) · de Modulator (device that modulates) · cy trosiadur (device that modulates) · pl modulator (device that modulates) · cmn 調製器 /调制器 (device that modulates) · cmn 調制器 /调制器 (device that modulates) · ja 変調器 (device that modulates) · ru модуля́тор (device that modulates) · it modulatore (device that modulates) · fr modulateur (device that modulates)