modulate
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modulatus, past participle of modulari (“to measure, regulate, modulate”), from modulus (“measure”); see modulus. Compare module. Surface etymology: module + -ate
Verb
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- (transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt
- (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
- (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)
- (intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to regulate
to change the pitch (transitive)
to vary the amplitude etc.
to move from one key to another (intransitive)
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Further reading
- “modulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “modulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
Verb
modulate
- second-person plural present indicative of modulare
- second-person plural imperative of modulare
- feminine plural of modulato
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) modulāte
References
- “modulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “modulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- modulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.