modoqua (modokwa)

Same as madoqua. modulant (mod'u-lant), n. [L. modulan (t-)s, ppr. of modular i, modulate: see modulate.] IMG:content-0816.jpg:[graphic] modular i modulant Modius.-Head of Statuette of Kora or Proser pine, found at Cnidus. That which modulates or varies. See modulate, v. t., 2. In modern English verse alliteration only plays the subordinate part of a modulant , not to be unduly decried where not overdone. E. Wadham, Eng. Versification, p. 119. modular (mod'ū-lär), a . [= F. modulaire ; as module + -a ars . Pertaining P to modulation; modulation; pertaining to or regulated by a module or a modulus. - Modular equation. See equation . --Modular focus, a focus of a conicoid or quadric surface. "The distance of any point on the quadric from such a focus is in a constant ratio to its distance from the corresponding directrix, the latter distance being measured parallel to either of the planes of circular section." ( Salmon .)-Modular function, a higher periodic function connected with a group of periods ax +1 + Y, cx + d d)' where adbe = 1.-Modular method of generation of quadrics, a method based on the fundamental property of the modular foci. - Modular numbers, in Landen's transformation, numbers approximating to the value of the new modulus. They are the succe ive approximations in the proce of finding the arithmetico-geometrical mean of the old complementary modulus and unity.Modular ratio, the modulus of a system of logarithms. See logarithm.-Modular transformation of an elliptic integral, a transformation of the elliptic integral into another with a different modulus. modulate (mod'ū-lāt), v.; pret. and pp. modu lated, ppr. modulating. [ With the gift of song, Carlyle would have been the greatest of epic poets since Homer. Without it, to modu late and harmonize and bring parts into their proper relation, he is the most amorphous of humorists, the most shining avatar of whim the world has ever seen. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 148. 2. To vary or inflect the sound or utterance of, especially so as to give expre ivene to what is uttered; vary or adapt in tone. In all vocal musick it [the tongue] helpeth the wind. pipe to modulate the sounds. N. Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, I. v. 16. He listened to the voice of nature, and modulated his own unto it. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, v. 3. Caius Gracchus, it is said, when he harangued the Roman populace, modulated his tone by an oratorical flute or pitch-pipe. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 213. We are conscious of a murmuring humble voice: it is a beggar, who is modulating a prayer for alms and bowing a iduously. Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 680. 3. To vary the pitch of; inflect; melodize. The master's hand, in modulated air, Bids the loud organ breathe. Somerville , The Chase, iii. He [Glück] is to play on a set of drinking-gla es, which he modulates with water. Walpole , Letters, II, 14. 4. In music, to change from one key (tonality) to another, by utilizing one or more of the tones common to both. II, in trans . 1. In music , to pa from one key (tonality) into another, or from the major into the minor mode, or vice vers a. See modula tron , 3 ( b ). Hence-2. To vary, oscillate, or fluctuate. [Rare.] It is written from no well-defined standpoint, but modu lates from illustrations of the Rochefort experimenters to the telepathic drawings of the English society for psychic research, and thence to the localization diagrams of Ferrier, with no clear method. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 516. IMG:content-0817.png:[blocks in formation] When we fix ourselves upon the meditation and modu lati on of the mercy of God, even his judgments cannot put us out of tune, but we shall sing and be cheerful even in them. Donne, Sermons, ii. (b) The act of inflecting the voice or any instrument in a musical manner. The rings of the wind-pipe are fitted for the modulation of the voice. N. Grew , Cosmologia Sacra, I. v. 10. (c) The modification of the voice or of utterance to expre various shades of meaning or emotion. The poets of Elizabeth had attained an art of modulation which was afterwards neglected and forgotten. Johnson, Waller. 2. A state or condition reached by a proce of modulating, modifying, or varying. That delicate modulation of surface treatment which gives high value to the best Florentine metal work. C. C. Perkins , Italian Sculpture, p. 124. 3. (a) In Greg or i an music, one of the tones in a mode with which every phrase of a melody in that mode must begin and end. The regular modulations of each mode include the final, the dominant, the mediant, and the participant, each of which has its own peculiar functions. (See these words, and also model.) To these are added two other tones in each mode, called conceded modulations, which are of minor importance. (b) In mod. music, the act, proce , or result of changing, in the course of a piece, from one key (tonality) to another, so that a new tone becomes the key-note and the relative significance of all the tones common to both tonalities is altered. When a tone foreign to the original tonality of a piece is used, a modulatory effect is nearly always produced. If this effect is carried out into a cadence in the new key, the modulation is called final; otherwise it is pa ing or transient. All modulations, however, require a return to the original key before the end of the piece. The tone by which the transition is introduced or effected modulus 2. A chart of the musical scale, indicating the relations of its e ential tones to each other and of the whole scale to its related scales. The form of modulator generally used in the tonic sol-fa system of teaching music is shown in the accompanying chart. modulatory (mod'ū-la-tori), a. [ Modulations are really governed by the same laws which apply to any succe ion of harmonies whatsoever, and the po ibilities of modulatory device are in the end chiefly dependant upon intelligible order in the progre ion of the parts. IMG:content-0818.jpg:[graphic] S DOH1 TE 111 f ta le 111 LAH IMG:content-0819.jpg:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Grove's Dict. Music , II. 345. module (mod'ūl), n. [F. module = Sp. módulo = Pg. It. modulo , a measure, module, modulus , a small measure, a measure, mode, meter, dim. of modus , measure: see model . Cf. modulus , model, mold4.] 1. A little measure; hence, a small quantity.-2. In arch . , a standard of measure often taken, particularly in antiquity and the middle ages, to regulate the proportions of an order or the disposition of an entire building. In the cla ical styles the diameter or semidiameter of the column at the base of the shaft is usually selected as the module, and this is subdivided into parts or minutes, the diameter generally into sixty or the semidiameter into thirty. Some architects employ no fixed number of divisions of the module, but divide it into as many parts as they deem serviceable for the work in hand. 3t. A model or representation; a mold; a pat- tern. Among so many Modules admirable, Th' admired beauties of the King of Creatures, Com, com, and see the Womans rapting features. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 6. 4. In numis., the size of a coin or medal, measured by the diameter. [Rare.] modulet (mod'ul), v. t. [F. moduler = Sp. Pg. modular = It. modulare, modolare, modulate, IMG:content-0820.jpg:[blocks in formation] is called the note of modulation; this tone in the simpler forms of modulation is usually the fourth or the seventh tone of the new key. The simplicity of a modulation depends upon the closene of relationship between the keys involved. The simplest modulations are into the keys either of the dominant or of the subdominant, and are effected by sharping the fourth tone or flatting the seventh tone respectively of the original key. Modulations into the relative minor or into the minor keys of the supertonic 2. To modulate. or of the mediant are effected by sharping the fifth, the first, or the second tone of the original key respectively. Numerous other more intricate modulations are po ible, especially in instrumental music. A modulation is abrupt, distant, or extraneous, when it leads into a key not closely related with the original one. It is deceptive when it uti tion, like the pianoforte, by calling a key () first by one name and then by another, as when Es in the key of B, is called De in the key of B. Modulation is one of the most important resources of modern music. It introduces endle variety of both melodic and harmonic effect, with great po ibilities in the way of sequences and imitations. It increases the unity of a composition and the importance of the original tonality by introducing a temporary disturb O, would I could my father's cunning use, And souls into well moduled clay infuse. Sandys, Ovid (1638), p. 10. ( Latham .) That Charmer of the Night, That moduleth her tunes so admirably rare, As man to set in parts at first had learn'd of her. Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 70. modulett (mod'ū-let), n. [ module + -et . ] A small model; a microcosm. But soft, my Muse: what? wilt thou re-repeat The Little-Worlds admired Modulet ? Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. Modulidæ (mo-dū'li-dē), n. pl. [NL., To model. While with the Duke, th' Eternall did deuise, And to his inward sight did modulize His Tabernacle's admirable Form. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. [ ance of original tonal relations, with a subsequent complete modulizet (mod'ū-līz), v. t. [ IMG:content-0821.jpg:[blocks in formation] 5. In arch., the proportion of the different parts of an order according to a module. = Syn. 1 ( b ). Accent, etc. See inflection.