modification

Modification is a change that is made, or is the act of changing something.

(noun)

When a plan is in place and you make a slight change to the plan such as building a wall one inch taller, this is an example of modification.
The small change you make such as building a wall one inch taller is also an example of a modification.

See modification in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a modifying or being modified; specif.,

Origin: MFr < L modificatio < pp. of modificare: see modify

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See modification in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

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