'Modulate' definitions:
Definition of 'modulate'
From: WordNet
verb
Change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
verb
verb
Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate, modulate]
verb
Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
verb
Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
Definition of 'Modulate'
From: GCIDE
- Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Modulating.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter, melody, dim. of modus. See Mode.]
- 1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. [1913 Webster]
- Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many? --Broome. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Electronics) To alter the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be conveyed by the signal; -- a technique used to convey information by means of radio waves transmitted by one electronic device and received by another. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Modulate'
From: GCIDE
- Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.) To pass from one key into another. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- balance,
- bank the fire,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- better,
- blunt,
- bottom out,
- box in,
- break,
- break up,
- change,
- chasten,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circumscribe,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- condition,
- constrain,
- control,
- convert,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- diminish,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- downplay,
- dull,
- extenuate,
- fit,
- flop,
- haul around,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- improve,
- inflect,
- intonate,
- jibe,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lower,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- obtund,
- overthrow,
- palliate,
- play down,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refit,
- reform,
- regulate,
- regulate by,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- season,
- set,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- subvert,
- suppress,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune,
- tune down,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- underplay,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- weaken,
- work a change,
- worsen