Modulating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modulated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Modulating}.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to
     measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter,
     melody, dim. of modus. See {Mode}.]
     1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain
        portion.


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     2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical
        manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in
        reading or speaking.
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              Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive
              so many?                              --Broome.
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     3. (Electronics) To alter the amplitude, frequency, phase, or
        intensity of (the carrier wave of a radio signal) at
        intervals, so as to represent information to be conveyed
        by the signal; -- a technique used to convey information
        by means of radio waves transmitted by one electronic
        device and received by another.
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