v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. v.tr.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain proportion; regulate or temper.
- To change or vary the pitch, intensity, or tone of (one's voice or a musical instrument, for example).
- Electronics.
- To vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).
- To vary (electron velocity) in an electron beam.
To move from one key or tonality to another by means of a melody or chord progression.
[Latin modulārī, modulāt-, to measure off, to regulate, from modulus, diminutive of modus, measure.]
modulability mod'u·la·bil'i·ty n.modulative mod'u·la'tive or mod'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.





