Hypertext Webster Gateway: "modulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical
manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in
reading or speaking.
Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive
so many? --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.)
To pass from one key into another.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
modulate
v 1: change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: {inflect}]
3: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: {regulate}]
4: adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
5: vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other
characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
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