- L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter, melody, dim. of modus. See Mode
- To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
- 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?
- ElectronicsTo 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.
