modulator

[ moj-uh-ley-ter ]

/ ˈmɒdʒ əˌleɪ tər /

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noun

a person or thing that modulates.

Telecommunications. a device for modulating a carrier wave.

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Origin of modulator

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

In 2014, the WADA initially listed the drug as a banned stimulant, but it’s now categorized as a “hormone and metabolic modulator.”
Kamila Valieva’s ‘doping’ drug probably doesn’t give athletes an edge|Philip Kiefer|February 16, 2022|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.
Inside the Olympic Doping Fight Over Figure Skater Kamila Valieva’s Positive Drug Test|Alice Park|February 10, 2022|Time
So researchers are exploring everything from glutamate modulators and stimulants to cannabinoids and psilocybin.
What we don’t know about OCD|Eleanor Cummins|December 10, 2021|Vox
For this reason a magnetic modulator is the cheapest in the long run.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins

The magnetic modulator is described and pictured in this chapter.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins
The boys can all read from the Sol-fa modulator, and Mr. Breden gives them ear-tests.
The Boy's Voice|J. Spencer Curwen
In this latter figure you will notice a small air-core coil, LR, between the oscillator and the modulator tube.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills
That is, it has too little impedance to act like LA and so it permits the modulator to vary the output of the oscillator.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills