The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
modulated \modulated\ adj. (Electronics)
1. Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase
altered at intervals to represent information to be
transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal
transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of
conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated.
[Narrower terms: frequency modulated; amplitude
modulated]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. altered in volume as well as tone or pitch.
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