The Collaborative International Dictionary
modulated \modulated\ adj. (Electronics)
Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase altered at intervals to represent information to be transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated. [Narrower terms: frequency modulated; amplitude modulated]
altered in volume as well as tone or pitch.
Usage examples of "amplitude modulated".
The output from it was all amplitude modulated, sounding like an agonized cry, or a roar of anger, or a bellowing matting call-some intense emotion of some titanic beast.
The signal was taken apart and its various parts were studied singly and in groups: amplitude modulated .