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Word: modulate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive|music to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
  • 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)
  • transitive To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
  • transitive To regulate, adjust or adapt

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