modulate
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/
The English word “modulate” has 3 meanings listed here.
verb
- To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.
- 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).
- To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression.
Etymology
From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.
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