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What does modification mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word modification? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
  2. an alteration or adjustment to something
  3. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
  4. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
  5. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
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Histones have lysine tails, which can be acetylated in a post-translational modification step.
New anatomical features usually arise from modification of an existing structure.
If constipation persists despite dietary modification and increased physical activity, a stool softener given with meals can be helpful.
It normally fired airgun pellets and the modification turned it into a prohibited weapon as live bullets could be fired from it.
The 'Barlow lens', a modification of this telescope lens, is a negative achromatic combination of flint glass and crown glass.
Most bolt actions will fit the cartridge without bolt modification and bullets up to.35 caliber can be fitted into some variation of the case.

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