Another modulation is that of tone colour, the sign of imagination and emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
Recovery Option: Emotional modulation is a skill that we learn literally in our parents arms and within our family systems. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Tian Dayton: Relationship Dynamics Within the Addicted/Traumatized Family System] Reference
Astrocytes, previously thought to be unimportant in neuronal transmission, have recently been implicated in long-term modulation of neuronal synapses. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
LifeGen Technologies help validate the critical role gene expression modulation plays in the aging process. From Wordnik.com. [New Studies Show Significant Anti-Aging Benefits of Cordyceps - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
The modulation is another source of information that allows an even shorter pulse to give the same information. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(quadrature amplitude modulation aka "digital cable channels"). From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
Duty cycle is also referred to as the modulation index (. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
It's the kind of modulation that's desperately needed in Johnson's play, and McNeil's staging of it. From Wordnik.com. [LA Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
Thus, twin studies show that parenting influences children's prosocial behaviours and acts as a "modulation" of genetic influences. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
(tropos lydios, phrygios = Lydian, Phrygian, Doric melody), or in general a musical change, like the Latin modus or modulus, similar to the international "modulation". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
Her voice had an unfeminine lack of modulation, but when. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
The tone widened into sweet modulation -- sweet beyond all expression. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
When he spoke, his voice was a monotone lacking any modulation of feeling. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
Give musical tone and a fitting modulation, or tune, avoiding the so - called singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
This woman, who is a Pend d'Oreille, has the most extraordinary power of modulation in her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Because of the heaviness of this very present modulation, at times it overpowered Gonzalez's vocals. From Wordnik.com. [Alyssa Miele: Neon Indian, Miniature Tigers, Nite Jewel, the Dom and Prefuse 73 Rock Governor's Island] Reference
He seldom whistles clearly, like the Robin, but he produces a charming variety of tone and modulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
It is wonderful to hear the infinite variety of modulation which a Swede gives to these two insignificant syllables. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
This Cary did not perceive, and has told the stories of Francesca and of Ugolino with the same Miltonian modulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
The clarionet, violin, and cornet sounded a last modulation, then the final cadence put an end to the bounds of the dances. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Using excessive modulation or wandering into forbidden keys resulted in his striking some discordant interval, known as the. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
Sunday, whilst Heller was singing a solo to Ludwig's accompaniment, the latter adroitly introduced a modulation of his own. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
It gives only the natural sounds of the diatonic gamut, and in order to obtain changes of modulation, the pedals must be employed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
But by a proper modulation of the voice, it infuses into the mind of the reader or hearer the most animating and exciting emotions. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
The terms melody, harmony, and modulation, being borrowed from music, are not to be applied too literally to the art of versification. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Instead of aiming at narrower and narrower targets, some scientists are doing the opposite and striving for broader "immune modulation.". From Wordnik.com. [QUIETING A BODY'S DEFENSES] Reference
One fault in the delivery of sentences -- perhaps the most frequent one -- is that of running them all off in about the same modulation. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
Prayer-Anthem, or Hymn, or one upon the Redeemer's Love, and His Work as Mediator, suits well as a modulation to the Prayers after the 3rd. From Wordnik.com. [The Prayer Book Explained] Reference
What a triumph of the divine faculty thus to translate the inarticulate language of nature into every answering modulation of human speech!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Such rose leaves enfold your words that the king, as he refuses, must bend to define the lightand hear the modulation in his voice that has gone. From Wordnik.com. [Sacred Texts] Reference
Independently of that harmony of sound which is the result of musical skill, there is a modulation of the voice which is an index of the feelings of the mind. From Wordnik.com. [On Singing and Music] Reference
There was no modulation, no phrasing, no interpretation; it was merely a steady fortissimo outpouring of a remarkable volume of tone for so small an instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Because pain, like love, is a perception in the brain, the brain also has the ability to control pain, and the brain has its own internal pain modulation systems. From Wordnik.com. ['Pain Chronicles': Understanding Pain As A Disease] Reference
I like to see modulation in something and actually see a character change, and assume that nobody else knows the show, so you kind of give them an introduction to it. From Wordnik.com. [Emmy Roundtable: Party of Six] Reference
It is then that my transports give them every diversity of modulation: it is I who triumph over the first of these musical thoughts, and the shape I give it I call symphony. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
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