modulate
English
/ˈmɑː.dʒə.ˌleɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt
- (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
- (transitive) 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)
- (intransitive) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
Etymology
Suffix from English module root from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*med-
Gloss
measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command
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Semantic Field
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Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bimodule English
- biomodulator English
- comodulate English
- comodulator English
- comodule English
- contramodule English
- cryomodulator English
- cryomodule English
- cryptomodule English
- demodulate English
- demodulator English
- downmodulate English
- glycomodule English
- hypermodule English
- immunomodulate English
- immunomodulative English
- immunomodulator English
- intermodulate English
- intermodule English
- intramodule English
- meditate English
- micromodule English
- minimodule English
- modest English
- modular English
- modulatable English
- modulative English
- modulator English
- module English
- moduled English
- modulization English
- modulize English
- modus English
- multimodule English
- myomodulator English
- nanomodule English
- neuromodulate English
- neuromodulative English
- neuromodulator English
- oncomodulator English
- overmodulate English
- premodulate English
- radiomodulator English
- remodulate English
- semimodule English
- submodule English
- supermodule English
- upmodulate English
- vasomodulator English
- accommodātus, accommodatus Latin
- commodus Latin
- meddix Latin
- medicus Latin
- medicāre Latin
- medicātōrem Latin
- medicīna Latin
- meditatio Latin
- meditātiōne(m), meditātiōnem Latin
- moderātus Latin
- modica Latin
- modicum Latin
- modius Latin
- modulus Latin
- modus Latin
- modus operandī Latin
- remedium Latin
- modul Hungarian
- medicastro Italian
- medicatrice Italian
- matig Dutch, Flemish
- medisch Dutch, Flemish
- meditatie Dutch, Flemish
- mythisch Dutch, Flemish
- commode French
- module French
- moduler French
- Μήδεια Ancient Greek
- μέδιμνος Ancient Greek
- μέδομαι Ancient Greek
- *med- Proto-Indo-European
- *mod-os Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *metaną Proto-Germanic
- *metaþs Proto-Germanic
- *metą Proto-Germanic
- *metōduz Proto-Germanic
- *metōną Proto-Germanic
- *mētiz Proto-Germanic
- *mētō Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *mōtǭ Proto-Germanic
- モジュール Japanese
- mjǫtviðr Old Norse
- मॉड्यूल Hindi
- มอดูล Thai
- meddwl Welsh
- admidethar Old Irish
- armidethar Old Irish
- díummusach Old Irish
- *medyetor Proto-Celtic
- *medā Proto-Celtic
- *messus Proto-Celtic
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- med-wūt-, *kom-medyetor Proto-Celtic
- 모듈 Korean
- *medēōr Proto-Italic
- mêgo Ligurian
- modus
- modest
- module
- modular
- moduled
- meditate
- comodule
- bimodule
- modulize
- modulator
- submodule
- minimodule
- comodulate
- demodulate
- cryomodule
- nanomodule
- semimodule
- upmodulate
- remodulate
- modulative
- micromodule
- intramodule
- modulatable
- hypermodule
- multimodule
- premodulate
- intermodule
- supermodule
- demodulator
- comodulator
- glycomodule
- downmodulate
- contramodule
- biomodulator
- myomodulator
- overmodulate
- cryptomodule
- modulization
- vasomodulator
- neuromodulate
- cryomodulator
- intermodulate
- oncomodulator
- radiomodulator
- immunomodulate
- neuromodulator
- immunomodulator
- neuromodulative
- immunomodulative