MODIFICATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of modification in English

(Definition of modification from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of modification

modification
Chapter 2 presents the theoretical framework with the appropriate modifications for adverbial licensing via a spec-head or head-head relation.
Nineteen of the eighty pieces of new evidence contributed to modifications of clinical recommendations.
Additional modifications were explored through adjustment of the distribution of daily costs incurred during a hospital stay.
Once primordial follicles enter this phase the first morphological modifications are an increase in oocyte volume accompanied by hypertrophy and hyperplasia of follicle cells.
A set of proteins showing cell cycle dependent modifications in the early mouse embryo.
Such putative modifications may find expression not during the process of fertilisation itself but rather during subsequent development - or failure of development - of an embryo.
Modulations of neural responses due to motor behavior could influence activitydependent synaptic modifications.
The present results demonstrate that this process produces extensive ultrastructural modifications at cytoplasmic and nuclear levels.
Several groups have reported biochemical modifications in the vitelline envelope of amphibians.
We explored several modifications, all of which could be derived from an initial stage similar to the energy model.
How effective are input modifications such as glossing?
Experiments 2 and 3 introduced modifications that, it was hoped, would enhance learning.
Pharmacological probes were used to control levels of postsynaptic activity and induce activity-dependent modifications in adult visual cortex.
The modifications in spatial phase are large, but do not exceed the criterion of 50% difference.
The stability of transmembrane aggregates of simple proteins is often only marginal and can therefore be regulated by environmental signals or small sequence modifications.
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Collocations with modification

modification

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additional modification
About £45,000 for the additional modification; the cost of the original scheme was about £200.000.
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Hansard archive
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appropriate modification
In this paper, we show how option value can be included in an appropriate modification of benefit- cost analysis.
behaviour modification
I shall leave aside behaviour modification therapies and other mechanisms that we might classify as external to the moral agency of the person in question.
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Translations of modification

in Chinese (Traditional)
改變, 改變,修改, 語言…
in Chinese (Simplified)
改变, 改变,修改, 语言…
in Spanish
modificación…
in Portuguese
alteração, modificação…
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सुधारणा…
değişiklik, değiştirme…
modification…
wijziging…
பொதுவாக மேம்படுத்த ஏதாவது ஒரு மாற்றம்…
किसी चीज़ को सुधारने के लिए उसमें बदलाव, परिवर्तन…
સુધારણા, રૂપાંતર…
ændring…
modifiering, modifikation…
pengubahsuaian…
die Abänderung…
(små) forandringer, modifisering…
ترمیم, معتدل کرنا, تغیر و تبدل…
видозміна, модифікація…
модификация, изменение…
దేనిలోనైనా ఒక మార్పు, సాధారణంగా దాన్ని మెరుగుపరచడానికి…
পরিবর্তন…
úprava, snížení…
modifikasi…
การเปลี่ยนแปลง…
sự sửa đổi…
modyfikacja…
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