verb🔗ShareTo regulate, adjust or adapt"The teacher modulated her voice to be quieter when the students were working independently. "technologytechnicalelectronicscommunicationsoundsignalsystemmachineprocessfunctiondeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument"The teacher modulated her voice, speaking softly to calm the upset child. "musicsoundcommunicationlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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)"The radio transmitter modulated the sound of the music onto a carrier wave so it could be broadcast over long distances. "technologyelectronicssignalcommunicationphysicssoundmachinetechnicalfrequencycomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression"The song smoothly modulated from a cheerful C major to a more somber A minor during the bridge. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading