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modulator

modulator noun: a person who modulates.

Noun

modulator (plural modulators)

  1. A person who modulates.
  2. A device or thing that modulates.
    • [Poetry] is a most musicall Modulator of all Intelligibles by her inventive Variations, undulling their Grossenesse, and subliming it into more refined Acceptablenesse to our own, or others understandings.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English
  3. A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.

modulator meaning in Tamil

modulator in Tamil

ஒற்றி, கமகமூட்டி, குறிப்பேற்றி, திருத்தகம், பண்பேற்றி

Forms of modulator

pluralmodulators

Origin of modulator

From modulate + -or.

Words formed from modulator

Questions about modulator

What does modulator mean?
Modulator means a person who modulates.
What is modulator in Tamil?
Modulator in Tamil is ஒற்றி, கமகமூட்டி, குறிப்பேற்றி. See Modulator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is modulator?
Modulator is a noun.
What is the plural of modulator?
The plural of modulator is modulators.

Words near modulator in the dictionary

  1. modulation
  2. modulational
  3. modulationally
  4. modulations
  5. modulative
  6. modulator
  7. modulators
  8. modulatory
  9. module
  10. module pattern
  11. module patterns

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