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Webster 1913 Edition
Modification
1.
The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a change;
as, the
modification
of an opinion, or of a machine. Bentley.
Syn. – change, alteration, adjustment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Modification
MODIFICA'TION
,Noun.
If these powers of cogitation, volition and sensation are not inherent in matter as such, nor acquirable to matter by any motion or modification of it--
1.
Particular form or manner; as the various modifications of light or sound. The treaty, in several of its modifications, was held to be objectionable.2.
Moderated; tempered; qualified in exceptionable parts.Definition 2024
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See also: modificâtion
English
Noun
modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)
- the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
- an alteration or adjustment to something
- Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
- a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
- Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
- (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
- The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".
- (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
Related terms
Translations
act or result of modifying or condition of being modified
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alteration or adjustment
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change to an organism
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change to a word
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the change undergone by a word when used in a construction
External links
- modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- modification in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911