mod|i|fi|ca|tion

mod|i|fi|ca|tion
mod|i|fi|ca|tion «MOD uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun.
1. a partial alteration or change: »

With some modifications your essay will do for the school paper. Every modification of accepted house plans means additional cost.

2. the act or process of modifying or condition of being modified; making less severe, strong, or otherwise striking in some characteristic; toning down: »

The modification of his anger made him able to think clearly again.

3. a) limitation of meaning; qualification. b) an instance or result of this. c) a change in the form of a linguistic element when it is part of a construction.
4. a modified form; variety: »

This car is a modification of last year's model.

5. Biology. a change in an organism resulting from external influences, and not inheritable.

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  • com|mod|i|fi|ca|tion — «kuh MOD uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. the turning of works of artistic or cultural value into commodities or articles of trade: »Guilbaut s cultural analysis…consists of routine attacks on the commodification and trivialization of art (New Republic) …   Useful english dictionary

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  • mod|u|la|tion — «MOJ u LAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of modulating: »Modulation…includes the patterns of stress and intonation which frequently accompany utterances or parts of utterances (Beals and Hoijer). 2. the quality or condition of being… …   Useful english dictionary

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