modulate
verb (used with object)
to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
modulatory
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a word derived from
modulate.
Example Sentences
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A universe of regulatory and modulatory elements hides in the erstwhile junk.
From Nature ● Sep. 8, 2015
Neurons that use dopamine send massive modulatory projections to the prefrontal cortex and the deep gray nuclei that control our voluntary actions; it may help them restore a normal level of arousal.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2014
As such, it is a disease that affects the sensory, emotional, motivational, cognitive and modulatory pathways.
From Time ● Mar. 4, 2011
Every modulatory, rhythmic and polyphonic device is employed to vary and intensify the message; yet, notwithstanding the diversity of the material, we are held spellbound by the directness and coherence of the thought.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
The second movement has the remarkable peculiarity of being in the key of E major—a violent modulatory relation to that of the first movement.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
