Definizione monolingua

modification

modification (plural modifications)

1. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
2. an alteration or adjustment to something
   • Jims modification to the radios tuning resulted in clearer sound.
3. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
   • Due to his sunbathing, Jims body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
4. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
   • The Chinese word ""kòu tóu"" had a modification made to become the English ""kowtow"".
5. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => m in Im)

Definizione dizionario modification

	modificazione
	the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
	a change to an organism as a result of its environment
	an alteration or adjustment to something

	modifica
	Il fatto di rendere qualcosa differente.
	The act of making something different.
	Il risultato dell'atto del modificare.
	The result of modifying.

Altri significati:

(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language

(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance '''am''' => ''' 'm''' in '''I'm''' )

a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring