| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To inflect.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb modulate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (modulate) | 1. Change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody".[Wordnet]. 2. Vary the pitch of one's speech.[Wordnet]. 3. Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "modulate the pitch".[Wordnet]. 4. Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.[Wordnet]. 5. Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).[Wordnet]. 6. Of one's speech, varying the pitch.[Wordnet]. 7. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.[Websters]. 8. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.[Websters]. 9. To pass from one key into another.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: modulating, modulated, modulates, modulator, modulators, modulatingly and modulatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being varying.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being coordinating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being matching. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being governing or ruling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being soothing or tranquillising.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "MODULATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1786. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MODULATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Forming to a certain proportion; varying; inflecting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Aerospace | Term applied to a control system or device in which the controlled variable is proportional to a sensed parameter and is continuously variable within the regulated range. (references) | ||
| Mining | A control adjusting by increments. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of modulate. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: MODULATING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Group modulating equipment | Post & Telecom | Equipment used for the frequency translation of Basic group B to Basic group A and the reverse process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Modulating action | Electrical Engineering | A type of action in which the output variable results from modulation of a carrier by the input variable. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Modulating control | Meteorology & Standards | A method of control capable of increasing or decreasing by increments a quantity according to deviation from the required value. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Modulating pacemaker | Health | Any pacemaker that varies its rate in response to changes in the activity of a biological parameter that varies in parallel with the need for greater cardiac output, thus providing heart rate adaptability. (references) | |
| Modulating valve | Mechanical Engineering | A valve capable of increasing or decreasing by increments the fluid flow according to deviation from the set value. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Modulating wave | Aerospace | See modulation. (references) | |
| Modulating wave | Post & Telecom | Wave which causes a variation of some characteristic of the carrier. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Supergroup modulating equipment | Post & Telecom | In carrier telephony, an equipment used for the frequency translation of a basic supergroup to the frequency range 12-252 kHz and the reverse process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Test modulating signal | Post & Telecom | For the purposes of DECT:baseband signal which modulates a carrier and is dependent upon the type of equipment under test and also the measurement to be performed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: modulate | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Modulate | 6 | Modulate | 6 | |
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