v. t. | 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; | |
3. | (Electronics) To alter the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be conveyed by the signal; - a technique used to convey information by means of radio waves transmitted by one electronic device and received by another. | |
v. i. | 1. | (Mus.) To pass from one key into another. |
Verb | 1. | modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" |
2. | modulate - of one's speech, varying the pitch | |
3. | modulate - fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" Synonyms: regulate | |
4. | modulate - adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | |
5. | modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) |