Dictionary Entry
modulate
modulate is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
- 2transitive verb
To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
- 3intransitive verb
To pass from one key into another.
- 4verb
vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
- 5verb
adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
- 6verb
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
"regulate the temperature"
"modulate the pitch"
Synonyms
- 7verb
vary the pitch of one's speech
- 8verb
change the key of, in music
"modulate the melody"
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