All 3 Uses
modulate
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- These were attached to a battery of electronic equipment—imagery intensifiers, rhythmic modulators, alliterative residulators and simile dumpers—all designed to heighten the experience of the poem and make sure that not a single nuance of the poet's thought was lost.†
Chpt 7
- With a microsecond pause, and a finely calculated micro-modulation of pitch and timbre—nothing you could actually take offense at—Marvin managed to convey his utter contempt and horror of all things human.†
Chpt 11
- The irony circuits cut in to his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure.†
Chpt 11 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(modulate) to regulate or make something less severe
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)