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Definition of Modifications
1. modification [n] - See also: modification
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modifications
Literary usage of Modifications
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Longevity—modifications not necessarily simultaneous—modifications apparently of
no direct service—Progressive development —Characters of small functional ..."
2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"BLIGHT modifications IN PLANTS FROM THE DEFINITE ACTION" OF CHANGED ...
—modifications OF ORGANIC BEINGS IN A STATE OF NATURE THROUGH THE DEFINITE ACTION OF ..."
3. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"B. EXPERIMENTAL modifications OF DEVELOPMENT The study of development under ...
By changes in environmental conditions notable modifications may be produced ..."
4. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"modifications due to water stimuli. In adaptation, the great desideratum is to
... modifications of the form of leaf and stem are alike in that they lessen ..."
5. The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to by Michel Eugène Chevreul, Charles Martel (1855)
"modifications produced by Violet Light. Violet rays falling upon a Black stuff,
... modifications produced by two Lights of different Intensity. (270. ..."
6. The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"SYMMETRY, AND modifications IN IT TO SUIT THE SITE 1. THERE is nothing to which
an architect should devote more thought than to the exact proportions of his ..."