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mod·u·late /ˈmɑʤəˌlet/
(vt.)調整,使轉調,調製(vi.)轉調,調製
mod·u·late /ˈmɑʤəˌlet/ 及物動詞
Mod·u·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modulated p. pr. & vb. n. Modulating ]
1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many? --Broome.
Mod·u·late, v. i. Mus. To pass from one key into another.
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modulate
v 1: change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: tone, inflect]
3: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate]
4: adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
5: vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other
characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)