Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 61
Modalist (n.) (Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. -- Eadie.
Modality (n.) The quality or state of being modal.
Modality (n.) (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.
Modality (n.) A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn: modality, mode].
Modality (n.) Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality].
Modality (n.) A particular sense [syn: modality, sense modality, sensory system].
Modality (n.) A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.
Modally (adv.) In a modal manner.
A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . . by the particles "as" and "so." -- Gibbs.
Mode (n.) Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.
The duty of itself being resolved on, the mode of doing it may easily be found. -- Jer. Taylor.
A table richly spread in regal mode. -- Milton.
Mode (n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.
The easy, apathetic graces of a man of the mode. -- Macaulay.
Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree. -- Pope.
Mode (n.) (Metaph.) Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.
Modes I call such complex ideas, which, however compounded, contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies on, or affections of, substances. -- Locke.
Mode (n.) (Logic) The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.
Mode (n.) (Gram.) Same as Mood.
Mode (n.) (Mus.) The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
Note: In modern music, only the major and the minor mode, of whatever key, are recognized.
Mode (n.) A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.
Mode (n.) (Gram.) The value of the variable in a frequency distribution or probability distribution, at which the probability or frequency has a maximum. The maximum may be local or global. Distributions with only one such maximum are called unimodal; with two maxima, bimodal, and with more than two, multimodal.
Syn: Method; manner. See Method.
Mode (n.) How something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion].
Mode (n.) A particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode".
Mode (n.) A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn: modality, mode].
Mode (n.) Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality].
Mode (n.) Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave [syn: mode, musical mode].
Mode (n.) The most frequent value of a random variable [syn: mode, modal value].
Mode (n.) [Common] A general state, usually used with an adjective describing the state. Use of the word ?mode? rather than ?state? implies that the state is extended over time, and probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is being carried out. ?No time to hack; I'm in thesis mode.? In its jargon sense, ?mode? is most often attributed to people, though it is sometimes applied to programs and inanimate objects. In particular, see { hack mode, day mode, night mode, demo mode, fireworks mode, and {yoyo mode; also talk mode.
One also often hears the verbs enable and disable used in connection with jargon modes. Thus, for example, a sillier way of saying ?I'm going to crash? is ?I'm going to enable crash mode now?. One might also hear a request to ?disable flame mode, please?.
In a usage much closer to techspeak, a mode is a special state that certain user interfaces must pass into in order to perform certain functions. For example, in order to insert characters into a document in the Unix editor vi, one must type the ?i? key, which invokes the ?Insert? command. The effect of this command is to put vi into ?insert mode?, in which typing the ?i? key has a quite different effect (to wit, it inserts an ?i? into the document). One must then hit another special key, ?ESC?, in order to leave ?insert mode?. Nowadays, modeful interfaces are generally considered {losing but survive in quite a few widely used tools built in less enlightened times.
Mode, () An object-oriented language.
["The Programming Language Mode: Language Definition and User Guide", J. Vihavainen, C-1987-50, U Helsinki, 1987].
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(1994-10-21)
Mode, () A general state, usually used with an adjective describing the state. Use of the word "mode" rather than "state" implies that the state is extended over time, and probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is being carried out. "No time to hack; I'm in thesis mode."
In its jargon sense, "mode" is most often attributed to people, though it is sometimes applied to programs and inanimate objects. In particular, see hack mode, day mode, night mode, demo mode, fireworks mode, and yoyo mode; also chat.
Mode, () More technically, a mode is a special state that certain user interfaces must pass into in order to perform certain functions. For example, in order to insert characters into a document in the Unix editor "vi", one must type the "i" key, which invokes the "Insert" command. The effect of this command is to put vi into "insert mode", in which typing the "i" key has a quite different effect (to wit, it inserts an "i" into the document). One must then hit another special key, "ESC", in order to leave "insert mode". Nowadays, modeful interfaces are generally considered losing but survive in quite a few widely used tools built in less enlightened times.
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Mode, () Video mode.
(1994-12-22)
MODEL. () A machine made on a small scale to show the manner in which it is to be worked or employed.
MODEL. () The Act of Congress of July 4, 1836, section 6, requires an inventor who is desirous to take out a patent for his invention, to furnish a model of his invention, in all cases which admit of representation by model, of a convenient size to exhibit advantageously its several parts.
Model (n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size ; as, a [frac1x100] scale model of the B-52 bomber.
In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. -- Gascoigne.
I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. -- Shak.
You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. -- Addison.
Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.
[The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it. -- Am. Cyc.
When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. -- Shak.
Model (n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
Model (n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. -- South.
Model (n.) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. -- Shak.
Model (n.) A person who poses as a pattern for an artist; as, the artist used his daughter as a model for an Indian maiden.
Model (a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
Model (a.) A person who is employed to wear clothing for the purpose of advertising or display, or who poses with a product for the same purpose; a mannequin [1]; as, a fashion model.
Syn: mannequin [1].
A professional model. -- H. James.
Model (a.) A particular version or design of an object that is made in multiple versions; as, the 1993 model of the Honda Accord; the latest model of the HP laserjet printer. For many manufactured products, the model name is encoded as part of the model number.
Syn: Modification [2].
Model (a.) An abstract and often simplified conceptual representation of the workings of a system of objects in the real world, which often includes mathematical or logical objects and relations representing the objects and relations in the real-world system, and constructed for the purpose of explaining the workings of the system or predicting its behavior under hypothetical conditions; as, the administration's model of the United States economy predicts budget surpluses for the next fifteen years; different models of the universe assume different values for the cosmological constant; models of proton structure have grown progressively more complex in the past century.
Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or is expected to do.
Model (a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
Modeled (imp. & p. p.) of Model.
Modelled () of Model
Modeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Model.
Modelling () of Model.
Model (v. t.) To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
Model (v. i.) (Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Model (a.) Worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" [syn: exemplary, model(a)].
Model (n.) A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model, theoretical account, framework].
Model (n.) A type of product; "his car was an old model".
Model (n.) A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" [syn: model, poser].
Model (n.) Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) [syn: model, simulation].
Model (n.) Something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example].
Model (n.) Someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" [syn: model, role model].
Model (n.) A representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" [syn: model, example].
Model (n.) A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model].
Model (n.) The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling].
Model (v.) Plan or create according to a model or models [syn: model, pattern].
Model (v.) Form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: model, mold, mould].
Model (v.) Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose,
sit, posture].
Model (v.) Display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion".
Model (v.) Create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate].
Model (v.) Construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: model, mock up].
Model
Modelling, () A description of observed or predicted behaviour of some system, simplified by ignoring certain details. Models allow complex systems, both existent and merely specified, to be understood and their behavior predicted. A model may give incorrect descriptions and predictions for situations outside the realm of its intended use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.
Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".
(2008-04-28)
Modelling, () The core part of a Model-View-Controller or similar software architecture; the part that stores the data and runs the business rules or algorithms.
(2014-11-27)
MODEL, () A Pascal-like language with extensions for large-scale system programming and interface with Fortran applications. MODEL includes generic procedures, and a "static" macro-like approach to data abstraction. It produces P-code and was used to implement the DEMOS operating system on the Cray-1.
["A Manual for the MODEL Programming Language", J.B. Morris, Los Alamos 1976].
(1996-05-29)
Modeler (n.) One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]
Modeler (n.) A person who creates models [syn: modeler, modeller].
Modeling (n.) (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.]
Modeling plane, A small plane for planing rounded objects.
Modeling wax, Beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
Model, (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Modeledor Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
Modeling (n.) Sculpture produced by molding [syn: mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture].
Modeling (n.) A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied [syn: modeling, modelling, molding, moulding].
Modeling (n.) The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling] modeling US spelling of "{modelling". (1999-12-10)
Modelize (v. t.) To model. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Modena (n.) A certain crimsonlike color. -- Good.
Modena, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 610
Housing Units (2000): 211
Land area (2000): 0.330195 sq. miles (0.855200 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001208 sq. miles (0.003130 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.331403 sq. miles (0.858330 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50232
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.962256 N, 75.802158 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Modenese (a.) Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants.
Modenese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.
Moder (n.) A mother. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Moder (n.) The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.]
Moder (v. t.) To moderate. [Obs.]
Moderable (a.) Modeate; temperate. [Obs.]
Moderance (n.) Moderation. [Obs.] -- Caxton.
Moderate (a.) 中等的，適度的；有節制的，不過分的；穩健的；溫和的；不偏激的；普通的，一般的；平庸的 Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
Moderate (a.) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
Moderate (a.) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
Moderate (a.) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist ; a moderate Republican.
A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. -- Swift.
Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. "Moderate showers." -- Walter.
Moderate (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
Moderate (a.) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
Moderate (a.) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. -- Hooker.
Moderate (n.) 溫和主義者，穩健派 One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
Moderated (imp. & p. p.) of Moderate
Moderating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moderate
Moderate (v. t.) 使和緩，減輕，減少，節制；主持（會議討論，節目等） To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. -- Arbuthnot.
To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. -- Spenser.
Moderate (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.
Moderate (v. i.) 變溫和；變弱；靜息；主持會議（或電視節目等） To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
Moderate (v. i.) To preside as a moderator.
Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. -- Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693).
Moderate (a.) Being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" [ant: immoderate].
Moderate (a.) Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate].
Moderate (a.) Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate, restrained].
Moderate (n.) A person who takes a position in the political center [syn: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist].
Moderate (v.) Preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate, chair, lead].
Moderate (v.) Make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed".
Moderate (v.) Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate].
Moderate (v.) Make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften, moderate].
Moderate (v.) Make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down, moderate, tame].
Moderate (v.) Restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper].
Moderately (adv.) 適當地，適度地，中庸地 In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.
Each nymph but moderately fair. -- Waller.
Moderately (adv.) To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {pretty}, {jolly}, {somewhat}, {fairly}, {middling}, {passably}] [ant: {immoderately}, {unreasonably}].
Moderately (adv.) With moderation; in a moderate manner; "he drinks moderately" [ant: {immoderately}].
Moderateness (n.) The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
Moderateness (n.) The property of being moderate in price or expenditures; "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices"; "the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately" [syn: reasonableness, moderateness, modestness].
Moderateness (n.) Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: moderation, moderateness] [ant: immoderateness, immoderation].
Moderation (n.) 緩和，適度，溫和 The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
Moderation (n.) The state or quality of being mmoderate.
In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. -- Pope.
Moderation (n.) Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation.
The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. -- Motley.
Moderation (n.) pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Moderation (n.) Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: {moderation}, {moderateness}] [ant: {immoderateness}, {immoderation}].
Moderation (n.) A change for the better [syn: {easing}, {moderation}, {relief}].
Moderation (n.) The trait of avoiding excesses [syn: {temperance}, {moderation}] [ant: {intemperance}].
Moderation (n.) The action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: {moderation}, {mitigation}].
Moderatism (n.) Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.
Moderatism (n.) A political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action [syn: centrism, moderatism].
Moderato (a. & adv.) (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.
Allegro moderato, A little slower than allegro.
Andante moderato, A little faster than andante.
Moderato (a.) (Of tempo) Moderate.
Moderator (n.) A person, or small group of people, who manages a moderated mailing list or Usenet newsgroup. Moderators are responsible for determining which email submissions are passed on to the list or newsgroup.
Moderator (n.) 仲裁者；會議主席；（電視等）節目主持人 One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Angling was . . . a moderator of passions. -- Walton.
Moderator (n.) The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
Moderator (n.) In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Moderator (n.) A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
Moderator (n.) Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors.
Moderator (n.) In the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly.
Moderator (n.) Someone who presides over a forum or debate.
Moderator (n.) Someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence.
Moderator (n.) A person appointed to preside at a popular meeting; sometimes he is called a chairman.
Moderator (n.) An arbitrator or mediator.
‘Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator.’
Moderator (n.) A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate.
‘The debates will each feature one moderator and a panel of three questioners.’
Moderator (n.) A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body.
‘The newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church.’
Moderator (n.) [British] A person who reviews examination papers to ensure consistency, or otherwise oversees an examination.
‘After marking by the tutor, the papers are returned to a moderator.’
Moderator (n.) A person who moderates an Internet forum or online discussion.
Moderator (n.) [Physics] A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons.
‘In a fast reactor there is no moderator to slow the reaction down.’
Compare: Arbitrator
Arbitrator (n.) 仲裁人；公斷人；主宰人 An independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute.
‘The facts of the case are put to an independent arbitrator.’
Moderatorship (n.) （會議等的）主席（或主持人）職權，仲裁（或調解）人職權； [宗]（基督教長老宗）教政組織首腦的職權 The office of a moderator.
Moderatorship (n.) The position of moderator.
Moderatress (n.) A female moderator.
Moderatrix (n.) A female moderator.
Modern (a.) Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.
Modern (a.) New and common; trite; commonplace.
Modern (n.) A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.
Modernism (n.) Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
Modernist (n.) One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.
Modernity (n.) Modernness; something modern.
Modernization (n.) The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
Modernized (imp. & p. p.) of Modernize
Modernizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modernize
Modernize (v. t.) To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
Modernizer (n.) One who modernizes.
Modernly (adv.) In modern times.
Modernness (n.) The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.
Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.
Modest (a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
Modestly (adv.) In a modest manner.
Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.
Modesty (n.) Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.
Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. -- Shak.
Modesty piece, A narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] -- Addison.
Syn: Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See Bashfulness, and Humility.
Modesty (n.) Freedom from vanity or conceit [syn: modesty, modestness] [ant: immodesty].
Modesty (n.) Formality and propriety of manner [syn: modesty, reserve].
Modicity (n.) Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.]
Modicum (n.) A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. "Modicums of wit." -- Shak.
Her
usual modicum of beer and punch. -- Thackeray.
Modicum (n.) A small or moderate or token amount;
"England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its
artists" -- Ian Jack.
Modifiability (n.) Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.
Modifiable (a.) Capable of being
modified; liable to modification.
Modifiable (a.) Capable of being modified in form or
character or strength (especially by making less extreme); "the rhythm of
physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain
fundamental processes" -- Alexis Carrel [ant:
unmodifiable].
Modificable (a.) Modifiable. [Obs.]
Modificate (v. t.) To qualify. [Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Modification (n.) The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine. -- Bentley.
Syn: change, alteration, adjustment.
Modification (n.) Something which has been modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; as, the various modifications of light; the latest modification of the operating system crashes less frequently.
Syn: model [8].
Modification (n.) (Gram.) The alteration of the meaning of a word or phrase by another word or phrase; -- usually a restriction of the scope of the word modified; as, in the phrase "a billion dollars is a relatively small sum to spend on cancer research" the modification of small by relatively is needed to make the sentence accurate, rather than ludicrous.
Modification (n.) The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment].
Modification (n.) Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model".
Modification (n.) The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase [syn: modification, qualifying, limiting].
Modification (n.) An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration, modification].
Modification (n.) A change; as the modification of a contract. This may take place at the time of making the contract by a condition, which shall have that effect; for example, if I sell you one thousand bushels of corn, upon condition that any crop shall produce that much, and it produces only eight hundred bushels, the contract is modified, it is for eight hundred bushels, and no more.
Modification (n.) It may be modified by the consent of both parties, after it has been made. See 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 733.
Modificative (n.) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
Modificatory (a.) Tending or serving to modify; modifying. -- Max M["u]ller.
Modifier (n.) One who, or that which, modifies. -- Hume.
Modifier (n.) (Gram.) A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified.
Modifier (n.) A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb [syn: modifier, qualifier].
Modifier (n.) A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising.
Modifier (n.) A person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" [syn: changer, modifier].
Modifier (n.) A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene [syn: modifier, modifier gene].
Modified (imp. & p. p.) of Modify
Modifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modify
Modify (v. t.) To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
Modify (v. t.) To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree. -- Dryden.
Modify (v.) Make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage".
Modify (v.) Add a modifier to a constituent [syn: modify, qualify].
Modify (v.) Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" [syn: change, alter, modify].
Modillion (n.) (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
Modillion (n.) (Architecture) One of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice.