modulator

[ moj-uh-ley-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that modulates.
2. Telecommunications. a device for modulating a carrier wave.

Word History and Origins

Origin of modulator¹

1490–1500; < Latin modulātor; modulate, -tor

Example Sentences

In 2014, the WADA initially listed the drug as a banned stimulant, but it’s now categorized as a “hormone and metabolic modulator.”

From Popular-Science

Since 2014, the World Anti-Doping Agency has listed trimetazidine as a metabolic modulator for that reason, since it can give athletes an unfair chemical advantage.

From Time

So researchers are exploring everything from glutamate modulators and stimulants to cannabinoids and psilocybin.

From Vox

For this reason a magnetic modulator is the cheapest in the long run.

From Project Gutenberg

The magnetic modulator is described and pictured in this chapter.

From Project Gutenberg

The boys can all read from the Sol-fa modulator, and Mr. Breden gives them ear-tests.

From Project Gutenberg

In this latter figure you will notice a small air-core coil, LR, between the oscillator and the modulator tube.

From Project Gutenberg

That is, it has too little impedance to act like LA and so it permits the modulator to vary the output of the oscillator.

From Project Gutenberg