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   modulate

   /ˈmɒdjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. exert a modifying or controlling influence on: "the state attempts to modulate private business's cash flow" Similar regulateadjustsetattunebalanceharmonizetempermodifymoderate
   • 2. vary the strength, tone, or pitch of (one's voice): "we all modulate our voice by hearing it" Similar adjustchange the tone ofvaryinflect
   • ▪ alter the amplitude or frequency of (an electromagnetic wave or other oscillation) in accordance with the variations of a second signal, typically one of a lower frequency: "radio waves are modulated to carry the analogue information of the voice"
   • ▪ change from one key to another: "the first half of the melody, modulating from E minor to G"
   • ▪ change from one form or condition into (another): "the fraught silence would modulate into conciliatory monosyllables"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘intone a song’): from Latin modulat- ‘measured, made melody’, from the verb modulari, from modulus ‘measure’ (see modulus).

   Derivatives

   • 1. modulator noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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