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Meaning of "modulative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MODULATIVE

modulative  [ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MODULATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Modulative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MODULATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of modulative in the English dictionary

The first definition of modulative in the dictionary is changing the tone, pitch, or volume of. Other definition of modulative is adjusting or regulating the degree of. Modulative is also subjecting to or undergoing modulation in music.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MODULATIVE


collative
kɒˈleɪtɪv
contemplative
ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
dilative
daɪˈleɪtɪv
gesticulative
dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪtɪv
illative
ɪˈleɪtɪv
inflative
ɪnˈfleɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
isolative
ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪv
mutilative
ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
nomenclative
ˈnəʊmənˌkleɪtɪv
oppilative
ˈɒpɪˌleɪtɪv
oscillative
ˈɒsɪˌleɪtɪv
percolative
ˈpɜːkəˌleɪtɪv
prolative
prəʊˈleɪtɪv
revelative
ˈrevəˌleɪtɪv
titillative
ˈtɪtɪˌleɪtɪv
translative
trænsˈleɪtɪv
ventilative
ˈvɛntɪˌleɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MODULATIVE

modulability
modular
modularised
modularity
modularized
modularly
modulate
modulation
modulator
modulatory
module
moduli
modulo
modulus
modulus of elasticity
modulus of rigidity
modus
modus operandi
modus ponens
modus tollens

WORDS THAT END LIKE MODULATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
legislative
narrative
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of modulative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «modulative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MODULATIVE

Find out the translation of modulative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of modulative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «modulative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

调节后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Modulative
570 millions of speakers

English

modulative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

modulative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

modulative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

modulative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

modulative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

modulative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

modulative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Modulatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

modulative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モジュレート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

modulative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Modulatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

modulative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

modulative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Modulative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

modulative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

modulative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

modulative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

modulative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

modulative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

modulative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

modulative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

modulative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

modulative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of modulative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MODULATIVE»

The term «modulative» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MODULATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «modulative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «modulative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about modulative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MODULATIVE»

Discover the use of modulative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to modulative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pro OGRE 3D Programming
Modulative shadow blending is simple in theory: all of the colors that are in shadow in a normally rendered scene are multiplied (modulated) by the shadow color to create the darkened, shadowed color. This has the effect of “subtracting” light ...
Gregory Junker, 2006
2
The modern reader and speaker
MODULATIVE INFLEXIONS. 213. Modulative Inflexions are those suspensions or falls of the voice which are not regulated by sense, and which therefore may or may not be attended to. They cannot give force to words, but, when judiciously ...
David Charles Bell, 1850
3
The Modern Reader and Speaker: a selection of poetry and ...
MODULATIVE INFLEXIONS. 213. Modulative Inflexions are those suspensions or falls of the voice which are not regulated by sense, and which therefore may or may not be attended to. They cannot give force to words, but, when judiciously ...
David Charles BELL, 1857
4
The Practice of Elocution: Or, A Course of Exercises for ...
As to the other accents, they are merely 'modulative, their purpose being to prepare for, and announce the following accents : Disap pointment re peated de stroys expec tation. To be marr'd in our hopes is a. check we are born to. These two ...
Benjamin Humphrey Smart, 1832
5
Control: Sociology's Central Notion
MODULATIVE SOCIAL CONTROL. Influence is an empirical association between the overt behavior of one or more individuals and subsequent behavior of other individuals. So there is a logical connection between influence and successful ...
Jack P. Gibbs, 1989
6
Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain ...
... fundamental limitations to be explored. Removing these typical temperate zone modulative impacts would have little effect on treeline position within a given ecotone, but may allow a more gradual transition from dense forest to shrubby ...
Christian Körner, 2003
7
Physiological Plant Ecology: Ecophysiology and Stress ...
The repositioning of chloroplasts (pho- todinesis) is a modulative reaction to fluctuating light intensities: in weak light chloroplasts are oriented horizontally in respect to the incident light. whereas in strong light they move to the cell walls, aided ...
Walter Larcher, 2003
8
Issues in Life Sciences: Cellular Biology: 2011 Edition
Investigators publish new data in the report 'The modulative effect of Cyperi Rhizoma on Th1/Th2 lineage development.' “To evaluate the direct effects of Cyperi Rhizoma (CR), a plant water extract, on Th1/Th2 lineage development in vitro, this ...
‎2012
9
Deliberative Democracy and Its Discontents
According to Chief Justice Cepeda, the general purpose of these modulative constitutional judgments "do not arise as a consequence of judicial interference with Congressional powers, rather they arise as a means to harmonize the necessity ...
Samantha Besson, José Luis Martí, 2006
10
Norms, deviance, and social control: conceptual matters
Modulative control differs from allegative control in that the second party does not rely exclusively (if at all) on allegations about the second party to the third party. It differs from referential control in that the first party does not rely exclusively (if ...
Jack P. Gibbs, 1981

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MODULATIVE»

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Master of expressions
His dialogue delivery was confident, highly modulative, and he spoke volumes with his expressive eyes.” Uttam Kumar said: “In Manikda (Ray), ... «The Hindu, Jul 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Modulative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/modulative>. Apr 2024 ».
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