modifier Definition
modi·fi·er (mäd′ə fī′ər)
noun
a person or thing that modifies; esp., a word, phrase, or clause that limits the meaning of another word or phrase adjectives and adverbs are modifiers
modifier Synonyms
modifier
n.
Types of grammatical modifiers include: adjective, adjectival, adverb, adverbial, pronominal adjective, pronominal, phrasal modifier, verbal adjective, adjectival clause, adverbial clause;
modifier Usage Examples
Converse of object
- embed: Embedded modifiers allow a custom set of modifiers to each regexp pattern.
- specify: An event may also contain additional modifiers not specified in the binding.
- apply: When the subtype is 32 - the bounded case - an applied modifier is checked against the bound field as for type 0 descriptors.
- add: The second argument is optional, and may be used to add a modifier.
Adjective modifier
- dangling: Avoid misplaced, squinting, and dangling modifiers Misplaced: For £ 20 learn basic methods of protecting yourself from an experienced instructor.
- optional: The first, optional modifier can be either ' ref ' or ' out ' .
- biological: Irwin MM: Patients receiving biological response modifiers: overview of nursing care.
- genetic: For an excellent review of genetic modifiers of atherosclerosis in mouse models, see Ref.
Modifies a noun
- locus: The first modifier locus was identified on the proximal region of mouse chromosome 7 ( Ref.
- gene: However, no such modifier genes have yet been identified ( Ref.
- key: The onscreen keyboard has an @ sign without pressing any modifier keys.
- mask: Returns: the modifier mask on the Event class that is used for menu shortcuts on this toolkit.
- combination: Then for each key a row with a column for each modifier combination is printed.
- bit: Meta Meta is the name of a modifier bit which a command character may have.
Noun used with modifier
- /x: The /x modifier itself needs a little more explanation.
- /m: The /M modifier causes the size of memory block used to hold the compiled pattern to be output.
- viscosity: This does not help the racing engine, that might destroy a viscosity modifier in minutes of high speed running.
- friction: It contains friction modifier which is recommended for limited-slip units.
- dial: P - Set Pulse Dial Default This command forces pulse dialing until the next T dial modifier or T command is received.
- keyboard: It is a bitmask which returns the current state of several keyboard modifier keys at the time the event was generated.
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