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🔄 Adjusting activity 🎚️ Changing signals
modulatory

modulatory

8.4
Changing signals, especially sounds, for example loudness and pitch
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɒdʒʊlətɔri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : modulador
  • A modulatory circuit can adjust the frequency of the output signal in electronic devices.

Examples

  • The modulatory effect of the filter changed the sound's character in the music track.

  • Researchers studied the modulatory role of certain chemicals in brain signal transmission.

  • The modulatory changes in the sound frequency were noticeable.

  • This device has a modulatory effect on the audio output.

  • The modulatory circuitry in the amplifier enhances the clarity of the audio signals.

  • His research focused on the modulatory effects of different frequencies on human speech perception.

  • In the experiment, the modulatory changes to the light intensity affected the plant growth significantly.

Antonyms

static
45 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

unchanging
7 3.7

Stays the same over time

How Modulatory

modulatory
  • Specialized
8.4
minor
600 2.4
negligible
31 5.6

Surface Forms

modulatory positive

Morphology

modulatory = modulate (transparent) = modulate + ory

A standard adjectival formation from the verb 'modulate' with the productive suffix '-ory' yielding 'relating to or having the function of modulating'.

Etymology

Modulatory comes from the Latin modus 'measure' and the verb modulate 'to change a little', the same root as the common word moderate. So for sounds and signals, a modulatory effect 'changes' or 'controls' the pitch, loudness, or speed of the signal.