Definition of "modification" []

• The act of modifying or the condition of being modified. (noun)
• A result of modifying. (noun)
• A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation. (noun)
• Biology Any of the changes in an organism caused by environment or activity and not genetically transmissable to offspring. (noun)
• Linguistics A change undergone by a word that is borrowed from another language. (noun)

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• "One and All apologies to Jimmy Cliff for the title modification"
• "This modification is at the discretion of the author/editor of the post and may not happen immediately."
• "Though I would rather use the term encourage as behaviour modification is all too evocative of Big Brother B-ruin's nasty congtrol freakery."