modulatory

Debussy doesn't seem atonal to us, but his penchant for using familiar chords (dominant 7ths, for example) for color rather than modulatory function must have exacerbated that modulatory uncertainty — in a Heisenberg-like way, in fact.

Mod squad Matthew Guerrieri 2009

But I was listening to Daphnis et Chloe the other night, and I could kind of hear the modulatory point — at any given time, you know aurally what key Ravel is in, but there's far less ability to predict where he's headed next.

Mod squad Matthew Guerrieri 2009

Debussy doesn't seem atonal to us, but his penchant for using familiar chords (dominant 7ths, for example) for color rather than modulatory function must have exacerbated that modulatory uncertainty — in a Heisenberg-like way, in fact.

Archive 2009-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

You need to access your brain's pain modulatory system.

'Pain Chronicles': Understanding Pain As A Disease 2010

You need to access your brain's pain modulatory system.

'Pain Chronicles': Understanding Pain As A Disease 2010

Working with the junkies and alcoholics did not help in my modulatory efforts, I must say, but that was 6+ years ago.

Archive 2005-02-01 Emma Goldman 2005

Working with the junkies and alcoholics did not help in my modulatory efforts, I must say, but that was 6+ years ago.

Bad Words Emma Goldman 2005

While glutamate and GABA can have slow effects as well as fast ones, depending on the receptors involved, peptides typically only have slow modulatory actions.

Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

While glutamate and GABA can have slow effects as well as fast ones, depending on the receptors involved, peptides typically only have slow modulatory actions.

Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

While glutamate and GABA can have slow effects as well as fast ones, depending on the receptors involved, peptides typically only have slow modulatory actions.

Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004