Obs. [ad. L. commodulātiōn-em symmetry (in Vitruv., III. i.), n. of action f. *commodulāri, f. com- + modulāri to MODULATE.] Symmetrical correspondency.
1592. R. D., trans. Hypnerotomachia, 24 b. If I had not explaned the commodulation and harmonie heereof particularly, I might haue beene blamed for my prolixitie and tediousnesse, and for wanting of fit words in the discription.
1598. Haydocke, trans. Lomazzo, I. 27. This correspondencie is by Vitruvius called Commodulation.
1638. F. Junius, Paint. Ancients, 256–7. Vitruvius nameth it almost every where a commensuration or commodulation, and sometimes also by another name.
1627. Hakewill, Apol., 178. If they hold that Symmetrie & commodulation, (as Vitruvius calls it) which they ought from the proportion of the head, the hand, the cubit, the foote, the finger, nay the tooth or the least bone, may the dimensions of the whole body be infalliblely collected.
1669. A. Browne, Ars Pict., 4. A correspondency and agreement of the Measure of the parts between themselves and with the whole … by Vitruvius called Commodulation.
