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mod·u·late

(mŏj′ə-lāt′)

v. mod·u·lat·ed, mod·u·lat·ing, mod·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To regulate or adjust to a certain degree: physiological mechanisms that modulate the body's metabolic rate.

2. To change or vary the pitch, intensity, or tone of (one's voice or a musical instrument, for example).

3. Electronics

a. To vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).

b. To vary (electron velocity) in an electron beam.

4. Biochemistry To act on (a receptor, for example) as an activator, an inhibitor, or both.

v.intr. Music

To move from one key or tonality to another by means of a melody or chord progression.

[Latin modulārī, modulāt-, to measure off, to regulate, from modulus, diminutive of modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

mod′u·la·bil′i·ty n.

mod′u·la′tive, mod′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

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modulate

(ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt)

1. (tr) to change the tone, pitch, or volume of

2. (tr) to adjust or regulate the degree of

3. (Music, other) music

a. to subject to or undergo modulation in music

b. (often foll by to) to make or become in tune (with a pitch, key, etc)

4. (Electrical Engineering) (tr) physics electronics to cause to vary by a process of modulation

5. (General Physics) (tr) physics electronics to cause to vary by a process of modulation

[C16: from Latin modulātus in due measure, melodious, from modulārī to regulate, from modus measure]

modulability n

ˈmodulative, ˈmodulatory adj

ˈmoduˌlator n

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mod•u•late

(ˈmɒdʒ əˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t.

1. to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion.

2. to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.

3. to cause the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (a carrier wave) to vary in accordance with a sound wave or other signal.

v.i.

4. to modulate a carrier wave.

5. to move harmonically from one key to a related key.

[1550–60; < Latin modulātus, past participle of modulārī to regulate (sounds). See module, -ate ¹]

mod`u•la•bil′i•ty (-ləˈbɪl ɪ ti) n.

mod′u•la`tive, mod′u•la•to`ry (-ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

mod′u•la`tor, n.

mod·u·late

(mŏj′ə-lāt′)

To vary the amplitude, frequency, or some other characteristic of electromagnetic waves in a way that makes them correspond to a signal or to information that is to be transmitted.

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modulate

Past participle: modulated
Gerund: modulating

Imperative
modulate
modulate

Present
I modulate
you modulate
he/she/it modulates
we modulate
you modulate
they modulate

Preterite
I modulated
you modulated
he/she/it modulated
we modulated
you modulated
they modulated

Present Continuous
I am modulating
you are modulating
he/she/it is modulating
we are modulating
you are modulating
they are modulating

Present Perfect
I have modulated
you have modulated
he/she/it has modulated
we have modulated
you have modulated
they have modulated

Past Continuous
I was modulating
you were modulating
he/she/it was modulating
we were modulating
you were modulating
they were modulating

Past Perfect
I had modulated
you had modulated
he/she/it had modulated
we had modulated
you had modulated
they had modulated

Future
I will modulate
you will modulate
he/she/it will modulate
we will modulate
you will modulate
they will modulate

Future Perfect
I will have modulated
you will have modulated
he/she/it will have modulated
we will have modulated
you will have modulated
they will have modulated

Future Continuous
I will be modulating
you will be modulating
he/she/it will be modulating
we will be modulating
you will be modulating
they will be modulating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been modulating
you have been modulating
he/she/it has been modulating
we have been modulating
you have been modulating
they have been modulating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been modulating
you will have been modulating
he/she/it will have been modulating
we will have been modulating
you will have been modulating
they will have been modulating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been modulating
you had been modulating
he/she/it had been modulating
we had been modulating
you had been modulating
they had been modulating

Conditional
I would modulate
you would modulate
he/she/it would modulate
we would modulate
you would modulate
they would modulate

Past Conditional
I would have modulated
you would have modulated
he/she/it would have modulated
we would have modulated
you would have modulated
they would have modulated

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Verb 1. [画像:modulate - change the key of, in music]modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"

spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

2. modulate - vary the pitch of one's speech

inflect, tone

mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

3. [画像:modulate - fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of]modulate - fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

regulate

adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

4. modulate - adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

5. modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

vary, alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

modulate

verb adjust, balance, vary, tone, tune, regulate, harmonize, inflect, attune He carefully modulated his voice.

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Translations

modulieren

modular

moduler

modulare modulazione regolare

modular

modulate

[ˈmɒdjʊleɪt] VT (Mus, Phys) → modular

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modulate

[ˈmɒdʒʊleɪt] vt

[+ voice, tone] → moduler

[+ activity, process] → moduler

modulate

(Mus, Rad)

vi → modulieren ; the key modulated from major to minor → die Tonart wechselte von Dur nach Moll

vt → modulieren

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modulate

[ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt] vt → modulare

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There being no teeth to modulate the voice, it had a mumbled fierceness, not passionate, but stern, which absolutely made me quiver like calf's-foot jelly.

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She knocked a third time, three regular strokes, gentle, but perfectly distinct, and with meaning in them; for, modulate it with what cautious art we will, the hand cannot help playing some tune of what we feel upon the senseless wood.

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She could not modulate out the key of self-abasement in which she had started.

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So Gabriel waited until the boy came up, and then dodged him into a corner, and rapped him over the head with his lantern five or six times, just to teach him to modulate his voice.

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And she treats you with a sort of respect, too, and says, 'Monsieur' and modulates her tone in addressing you, actually, as if you were something superior!

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Nutritional formulation, routes of delivery and number of delivered calories all modulate physiological and pathological responses and thus affect patient outcome.

Immunonutrition: A Breakthrough in Treatment

Tamas Horvath, senior author said that the scientific community believed up till now that leptin acts exclusively in neurons to modulate behavior and body weight but this study has now changed the paradigm.

Hunger blocking hormone could also help treat obesity

The modulate elements were conceived so that to realize two active edges (in the case of cutting knive) or four active edges (in the case of sheet bending die).

Innovative technologies for manufacturing and reconditioning of plastic deformation tools

Others drugs are being tested for aerosolized delivery to modulate mucosal immunity of the respiratory tract.

Biodefense shield and avian influenza

If the THF-diols or LTX-diols modulate luteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone release via pathways related to NO synthase, phospholipase A (PLA), cyclooxygenase (COX), or lipoxygenase (LOX), the compounds may directly or indirectly control breast or prostate cancer growth and proliferation via modulation of gonadotropin release and/or ovarian or testicular steroidogenesis.

Leukotoxin diols from ground corncob bedding disrupt estrous cyclicity in rats and stimulate MCF-7 breast cancer cell proliferation