Definition of Modulator

1. n. One who, or that which, modulates.

Definition of Modulator

1. Noun. device that modulates ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Modulator

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Modulator

1. A specific inductor that brings out characteristics peculiar to a definite region. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Modulator

modularizations
modularize
modularized
modularizes
modularizing
modularly
modulars
modulate
modulated
modulates
modulating
modulation
modulation transfer function
modulational
modulations
modulator (current term)
modulators
modulatory
module
modules
moduli
modulini
modulino
modulo
modulus
modulus of elasticity
modulus of rigidity
modus
modus operandi
modus operandum

Literary usage of Modulator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"The pitch at which Doh is to be taken is defined as "Key 0," " Key E|,," etc. the modulator will make all this clearly understood. ..."

2. A New Manual of Method by Alfred Hezekiah Garlick (1905)
"THE modulator. The modulator should not be used until the major scale is impressed on ... The teacher should point the modulator, and the class should sing ..."

3. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"A poor polarization extinction ratio will appear as attenuation in the highly polarized Bias Free™ modulator. This attenuation will effect the overall ..."

4. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"Met with by Dr. A. During aiid Herr Schulz on the Sierra of Cordova. 6. MIMUS modulator, Gould. (CALANDRIA MOCKING-BIRD.) Mimus modulator, S/iai-/>c, Cut. ..."

5. Sonnenschein's Cyclopædia of Education: A Handbook of Reference on All by Alfred Ewen Fletcher (1889)
"The modulator becomes so impressed upon the mind that the memory of it guides the eye •when singing or playing from the staff. ..."

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