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modulate

/ˈmɑː.dʒə.ˌleɪt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To regulate, adjust or adapt
  2. To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
  3. To 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)
  4. To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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