modification

Borrowed from Middle French modification, from Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

(obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
  Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
behavior modification officer

Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
(biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".

act or result of modifying or condition of being modified

Albanian: modifikim (sq) f
Arabic: تَعْدِيل (taʕdīl)
Azerbaijani: modifikasiya
Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üźgərew), үҙгәреш (üźgəreş)
Bulgarian: модификация (bg) f (modifikacija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi)
Czech: úprava (cs) f
Dutch: modificatie (nl) f
Finnish: muutostyö (act), muutos (fi) (result)
French: modification (fr) f
Galician: modificación (gl) f
German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f
Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis)
Haitian Creole: modifikasyon
Indonesian: oprekan, koprekan, modifikasi (id), pemodifikasian
Italian: modificazione (it) f
Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei)
Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong)
Latin: modificatio f
Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi
Maltese: modifikazzjoni f
Maori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: modifikasjon m, modifisering m or f

Nynorsk: modifikasjon m, modifisering f
Portuguese: modificação (pt) f
Romanian: modificare (ro) f
Russian: модификация (ru) f (modifikacija)
Slovene: modifikácija f
Spanish: modificación (es) f
Tagalog: pagpapasadya, pagsasaayos, pagpapabago, modipikasyon, pagmomodipika
Tajik: ислоҳ (isloh)
Telugu: సవరణ (te) (savaraṇa)
Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr)
Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija)
Vietnamese: sửa đổi (vi)

alteration or adjustment

change to an organism

change to a word

the change undergone by a word when used in a construction

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