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modulative

modulative adjective: causing or relating to modulation.

Adjective

modulative (comparative more modulative, superlative most modulative)

  1. Causing or relating to modulation.

Forms of modulative

comparativemore modulative
superlativemost modulative

Origin of modulative

From modulate + -ive.

Words formed from modulative

Questions about modulative

What does modulative mean?
Modulative means causing or relating to modulation.
What part of speech is modulative?
Modulative is an adjective.

Words near modulative in the dictionary

  1. modulating
  2. modulation
  3. modulational
  4. modulationally
  5. modulations
  6. modulative
  7. modulator
  8. modulators
  9. modulatory
  10. module
  11. module pattern

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