modulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: modulate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for modulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modulate v change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" vary the pitch of one's speech Synonym(s): tone, inflect, modulate fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" Synonym(s): regulate, modulate adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.) To pass from one key into another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modulate \Mod"ulate\, 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.