modulate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Verb

to modulate (third-person singular simple present modulates, present participle modulating, simple past and past participle modulated)

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

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Related terms

• demodulate
• modem
• modulator
• module
• modulus

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

modulate

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