modification n
1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, adjustment]
2. 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"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration]

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.

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