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noun

Modification n.

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine.

Synonyms: change, alteration, adjustment.

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.

Synonyms: model (8).

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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