MODULATE


Meaning of MODULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɒdʒʊleɪt ]

( modulates, modulating, modulated)

1.

If you modulate your voice or a sound, you change or vary its loudness, pitch, or tone in order to create a particular effect. ( WRITTEN )

He carefully modulated his voice.

VERB : V n , also V

2.

To modulate an activity or process means to alter it so that it is more suitable for a particular situation. ( FORMAL )

These chemicals modulate the effect of potassium.

VERB : V n

• modu‧la‧tion

(modulations)

The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

N-VAR

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