modification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: modification	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modification n the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) Synonym(s): alteration, modification, adjustment slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model" the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase Synonym(s): modification, qualifying, limiting 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" Synonym(s): change, alteration, modification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modification \Mod`ifica"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.