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Definition of Modulate
Mod´u`late | 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; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. | | 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. |
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