What (who) is modulate - definition
ALBUM BY BOB MOULD
Modulate (Bob Mould album)
modulate
v. a.
1.
Attune, harmonize, tune.
2.
Inflect (as the voice), vary in tune and accentuation.
3.
Proportion, adjust, adapt.
modulate
['m?dj?le?t]
¦ verb
1. exert a modifying influence on; regulate.
2. vary the strength, tone, or pitch of (one's voice).
alter the amplitude or frequency of (an oscillation or signal) in accordance with the variations of a second signal.
3. Music change from one key to another.
Derivatives
modulation noun
modulator noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as modulation): from L. modulat-, modulari 'measure, make melody', from modulus (see modulus).
modulate
(modulates, modulating, modulated)
1.
If you modulate your voice or a sound, you change or vary its loudness, pitch, or tone in order to create a particular effect. (WRITTEN)
He carefully modulated his voice.
VERB: V n, also V
2.
To modulate an activity or process means to alter it so that it is more suitable for a particular situation. (FORMAL)
These chemicals modulate the effect of potassium.
VERB: V n
• modulation (modulations)
The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.
N-VAR
Wikipedia
Modulate (album)
Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002. Although a few tracks on his previous release, The Last Dog and Pony Show, had featured tape loops and samples, Mould shocked his fans with such a dramatic embrace of electronica.
The record includes the song "The Receipt," which City Pages observed "can be taken as a barely veiled attack on Mould's old Hüsker Dü-mate Grant Hart."
Mould dubbed the tour supporting this album The Carnival of Light and Sound. It featured him performing alone on stage, backed by prerecorded tracks as short films were projected on screens behind him.
Pronunciation examples for modulate
1. modulate the heat.
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2. it modulates adrenaline levels
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3. to modulate my rate.
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4. to initiate and modulate locomotion.
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5. to modulate the body's behavior.
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Examples of use of modulate
1. Over time, subjects showed an increased ability to modulate their pain.
2. Or are they making a valid observation about dynamics and tone, which are within her power to modulate?
3. I do my best to moderate and modulate these attractions, and with some success.
4. "Their confidence in their ability to modulate the intensity, scope, pace, etc., of the conflict is probably misplaced," Henley said.
5. What changed in the past 50 years is the ability of parents to modulate the composition of their children especially with the introduction of sonography.