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
Then, following two very vigorous sequences, a modulatory return is made to the subject in the home key, and with its normal rhythm at measure 26.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
Following a repetition of the Scherzo the movement ends eloquently with a coda-like return to the Trio which, after some modulatory changes, is183 broken up into detached fragments, seeming to vanish into thin air.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
