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modulating

modulating is the present participle and gerund 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 modulating

Questions about modulating

What is modulating the present participle and gerund of?
Modulating is the present participle and gerund of modulate.

Words near modulating in the dictionary

  1. modulatable
  2. modulate
  3. modulated
  4. modulates
  5. modulateth
  6. modulating
  7. modulation
  8. modulational
  9. modulationally
  10. modulations
  11. modulative

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