modulator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that modulates.
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Telecommunications. a device for modulating a carrier wave.
Etymology
Origin of modulator
Example Sentences
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According to Otterstorm, the team took modulator technologies that were once bulky, expensive, and power intensive and redesigned them to be smaller, more efficient, and easier to integrate.
From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025
The genetic make-up of Cahir's condition could not be helped by the lifesaving modulator drugs such as Kaftrio, Symkevi and Orkambi.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024
LSI faculty member Peng Li said most existing tools can detect a neural modulator either in a small part of the brain with high spatial resolution or in the whole brain with very low resolution.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
If I’m doing a study on a selective estrogen receptor modulator, for example, it could help us improve the health of people who need some kind of alternative hormone therapy.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2024
That character will tend to act as modulator of his bearing, his speech, his choice of subjects, his preferences.
From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter
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