🔄 Adjusting activity 🎚️ Changing signals

modulatory

8.4

Changing signals, especially sounds, for example loudness and pitch

adjective
/ˈmɒdʒʊlətɔri/

Specialized

: 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

58 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

unchanging

11 3.7

Stays the same over time

How Modulatory

transformative

27 5.6

pronounced

36 4.1

modulatory

Specialized

8.4

minor

497 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.