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modification
(mass) | modification
- modifikácia, úprava |
modification
(encz) | modification,modifikace n: |
modification
(encz) | modification,úprava n: |
Modification
(gcide) | Modification \Mod`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. modificatio a measuring:
cf. F. modification. See Modify.]
1. The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a
change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a
machine. --Bentley.
Syn: change, alteration, adjustment.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
Syn: model[8].
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (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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modification
(wn) | modification
n 1: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of
a garment) [syn: alteration, modification,
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: modification, 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] |
MODIFICATION
(bouvier) | MODIFICATION. A change; as the modification of a contract. This may take
place at the time of making the contract by a condition, which shall have
that effect; for example, if I sell you one thousand bushels of corn, upon
condition that any crop shall produce that much, and it produces only eight
hundred bushels, the contract is modified, it is for eight hundred bushels,
and no more.
2. It may be modified by the consent of both parties, after it has been
made. See 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 733.
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modification
(mass) | modification
- modifikácia, úprava |
commodification
(encz) | commodification,komodifikace v: xkomczax |
modification
(encz) | modification,modifikace n: modification,úprava n: |
modifications
(encz) | modifications,modifikace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Remodification
(gcide) | Remodification \Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion\ (-?-f?-k?"sh?n), n.
The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.
[1913 Webster] |
behavior modification
(wn) | behavior modification
n 1: psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal
or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and
extinguishing undesired behavior [syn: behavior therapy,
behavior modification] |
modification
(wn) | modification
n 1: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of
a garment) [syn: alteration, modification,
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: modification, 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] |
forth modification lab
(foldoc) | Forth Modification Lab
(FORML) A Forth conference held every November on
the West coast of the USA ().
(1997-04-12)
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MODIFICATION
(bouvier) | MODIFICATION. A change; as the modification of a contract. This may take
place at the time of making the contract by a condition, which shall have
that effect; for example, if I sell you one thousand bushels of corn, upon
condition that any crop shall produce that much, and it produces only eight
hundred bushels, the contract is modified, it is for eight hundred bushels,
and no more.
2. It may be modified by the consent of both parties, after it has been
made. See 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 733.
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