modification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
    adjustment; alteration.
  2. noun slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
    • a modification of last year's model
  3. noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
    qualifying; limiting.
  4. noun an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
    alteration; change.
    • 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

WordNet

Mod`i*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See Modify.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913