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modulated

modulated is the simple past and past participle of modulate.

Meaning of modulate

Verb

modulate (third-person singular simple present modulates, present participle modulating, simple past and past participle modulated)

  1. (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.
    • "Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10
  2. (transitive) To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music).
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression.

Words formed from modulated

Questions about modulated

What is modulated the simple past and past participle of?
Modulated is the simple past and past participle of modulate.

Words near modulated in the dictionary

  1. modularizes
  2. modularizing
  3. modularly
  4. modulatable
  5. modulate
  6. modulated
  7. modulates
  8. modulateth
  9. modulating
  10. modulation
  11. modulational

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