modulant
modulant noun: something that serves to modify something else.
Noun
modulant (plural modulants)
- Something that serves to modify something else.
- These senses are not restrictive in the languages which have both stems, and we are not warranted in suggesting more than that there may have been a distinctive value to each of the terminal consonant modulants, but that in the drift along the ages and across the seas the distinction has in some...1911, William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings, page 368
- Essential oils are known immune modulants, and because they are so concentrated, it is reasonable to assume that, in certain cases, some oils may be too strong for some systems.2001, Suzanne Catty, Hydrosols: The Next Aromatherapy
Forms of modulant
| plural | modulants |
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Origin of modulant
Borrowed from Latin modulāns. By surface analysis, modulate + -ant.
Words formed from modulant
Questions about modulant
- What does modulant mean?
- Modulant means something that serves to modify something else.
- What part of speech is modulant?
- Modulant is a noun.
- What is the plural of modulant?
- The plural of modulant is modulants.
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