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modulate (v.)
[modulate 词源字典]
1610s, in music, back-formation from
modulation
, or else from Latin
modulatus
, past participle of
modulari
. General sense from 1620s. In telecommunications from 1908. Related:
Modulated
;
modulating
.
[modulate etymology, modulate origin, 英语词源]