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mod·i·fi·ca·tion  audio  (md-f-kshn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The act of modifying or the condition of being modified.
  2. A result of modifying.
  3. A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation.
  4. Biology Any of the changes in an organism caused by environment or activity and not genetically transmissable to offspring.
  5. Linguistics
    1. A change undergone by a word that is borrowed from another language.
    2. A phonological change undergone by a word or morpheme when it is used in a construction, as the change of will to 'll in they'll.


OTHER FORMS:
modi·fi·cator(Noun), modi·fi·cato·ry  (-kt-r) KEY  or modi·fi·cative  (-ktv) KEY (Adjective)


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