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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
modification
n 1: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
garment) [syn: {alteration}, {adjustment}]
2: a slightly modified copy; not an exact copy: "a modification
of last year's model"
3: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies
the meaning of the phrase [syn: {qualifying}, {limiting}]
4: 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"
[syn: {change}, {alteration}]
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