Meanings
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verb
change the key of, in music
Modulate the melody.
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modulatedmodulatesmodulating
Derived forms
amangiomodulatingchronomodulatedcomodulatedown-modulatedownmodulatefmimmunomodulateimmunomodulatingintermodulatemodulatablemodulation
Etymology
From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.
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