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n. - A device that varies the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of electromagnetic waves.

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Usage examples (36)
  • What does it mean to say that what comes out of the modulator is a vector?
  • The modulator is a low-power FM transmitter that broadcasts on an unused frequency.
  • The modulator is a very fast shutter that is opened and closed by the stream of data from the processors.
  • The cardiac neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) has been described as a modulator of cardiac contractility.
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