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mod⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion

  [mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of modifying.
2. the state of being modified; partial alteration.
3. a modified form; variety.
4. Biology. a change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment and not transmitted to its descendants.
5. limitation or qualification.
6. Grammar.
a. the use of a modifier in a construction, or of modifiers in a class of constructions or in a language.
b. the meaning of a modifier, esp. as it affects the meaning of the word or other form modified: Limitation is one kind of modification.
c. a change in the phonological shape of a morpheme, word, or other form when it functions as an element in a construction, as the change of not to -n't in doesn't.
d. an adjustment in the form of a word as it passes from one language to another.
Origin:
1495–1505; < L modificātiōn- (s. of modificātiō), equiv. to modificāt(us) (ptp. of modificāre; see modify ) + -iōn- -ion
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mod·i·fi·ca·tion   (mŏd'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of modifying or the condition of being modified.
  2. A result of modifying.
  3. A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation.
  4. Biology Any of the changes in an organism caused by environment or activity and not genetically transmissable to offspring.
  5. Linguistics
    1. A change undergone by a word that is borrowed from another language.
    2. A phonological change undergone by a word or morpheme when it is used in a construction, as the change of will to 'll in they'll.
mod'i·fi·ca'tor n., mod'i·fi·ca'to·ry (-kā'tə-rē), mod'i·fi·ca'tive (-kā'tĭv) adj.
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Modification

Mod`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify.] The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. --Bentley.
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Language Translation for : modification
Spanish: cambio, modificación, alteración,
German: die Änderung,
Japanese: 変更
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Main Entry: mod·i·fi·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "mäd-&-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or result ofmodifying something
2 : a change in an organism that is not inherited and that is caused by the influence of its environment
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modification mod·i·fi·ca·tion (mŏd'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
Any of the changes in an organism that are caused by environment or activity and are not genetically transmissable to offspring.

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modification   (mŏd'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
A change in an organism that results from external influences and cannot be inherited.
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