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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.
EXPANDlimitation or qualification.
6.
COLLAPSEGrammar.
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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.
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Modifications
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
modification
c.1500, in philosophy, from Fr. modification (14c.) or directly from L. modificationem, noun of action from modificare (see modify). Meaning to alter an object to bring it up to date is from 1774. Biological sense is attested by 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
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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