noun
Meaning 1
A person who modulates.
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Standard Lemma guide
modulator
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A device or thing that modulates.
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noun
Meaning 3
A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin modulus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or, -ārī Latin modulor ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English modulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English modulator From modulate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 調制器 /调制器 — device that modulates
- Chinese Mandarin: 調製器 /调制器 (tiáozhìqì) — device that modulates
- Finnish: modulaattori — device that modulates
- French: modulateur — device that modulates
- German: Modulator — device that modulates
- Italian: modulatore — device that modulates
- Japanese: 変調器 (henchōki) — device that modulates
- Polish: modulator — device that modulates
- Russian: модуля́тор (moduljátor) — device that modulates
- Welsh: trosiadur — device that modulates