'Modification' definitions:
Definition of 'modification'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment]
noun
Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model"
noun
The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase [syn: modification, qualifying, limiting]
noun
An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration, modification]
Definition of 'Modification'
From: GCIDE
- Modification \Mod`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something which has been modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; as, the various modifications of light; the latest modification of the operating system crashes less frequently.
- Syn: model[8]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. (Gram.) The alteration of the meaning of a word or phrase by another word or phrase; -- usually a restriction of the scope of the word modified; as, in the phrase "a billion dollars is a relatively small sum to spend on cancer research" the modification of small by relatively is needed to make the sentence accurate, rather than ludicrous. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'modification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- allophone,
- allowance,
- alteration,
- alveolar,
- amelioration,
- analysis,
- anatomization,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- apostasy,
- articulation,
- aspiration,
- assimilation,
- atomization,
- betterment,
- bilabial,
- break,
- cacuminal,
- cerebral,
- cession,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- check,
- circumscription,
- concession,
- consonant,
- constructive change,
- continuant,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- demarcation,
- dental,
- desynonymization,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differencing,
- differentiation,
- diphthong,
- discontinuity,
- discrimination,
- disequalization,
- disjunction,
- dissimilation,
- distinction,
- distinguishment,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- division,
- epenthetic vowel,
- exception,
- exemption,
- explosive,
- extenuating circumstances,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- glide,
- glottal,
- glottalization,
- gradual change,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- guttural,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- improvement,
- individualization,
- individuation,
- labial,
- labialization,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- laryngeal,
- lateral,
- limitation,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- manner of articulation,
- melioration,
- mental reservation,
- metamorphosis,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- monophthong,
- morphophoneme,
- mutation,
- mute,
- nasal,
- occlusive,
- overthrow,
- palatal,
- parasitic vowel,
- particularization,
- peak,
- personalization,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealization,
- phone,
- phoneme,
- plosive,
- prothetic vowel,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reservation,
- reshaping,
- restriction,
- restructuring,
- retroflex,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- salvo,
- segmental phoneme,
- segregation,
- semivowel,
- separation,
- severalization,
- severance,
- shift,
- sonant,
- sonority,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialization,
- specialness,
- specification,
- speech sound,
- stop,
- sudden change,
- surd,
- switch,
- syllabic nucleus,
- syllabic peak,
- syllable,
- tempering,
- total change,
- transformation,
- transition,
- transition sound,
- transmogrification,
- triphthong,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- velar,
- violent change,
- vocable,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voice,
- voiced sound,
- voiceless sound,
- voicing,
- vowel,
- waiver,
- worsening