modification
modification Lexical Profile
modification Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of changing something slightly, typically to improve it or make it more suitable for a particular purpose, or a specific change made.
"The engineers made several minor modifications to the engine design to improve fuel efficiency."
In grammar, the qualification or restriction of the meaning of a word or phrase by another word or phrase, such as an adjective modifying a noun.
"The linguistics lecture focused on adverbial modification within complex clauses."
In biology, a non-heritable change in an organism's physical traits caused by environmental influences rather than genetic mutation.
"Stunted growth in alpine plants due to high winds is an environmental modification rather than a genetic mutation."
• Rhymes for modification
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French modification, from Latin modificatio ('a measuring, limiting'), a noun of action from the verb modificare ('to limit, measure off, restrain'), formed from modus ('measure, manner') and facere ('to make').