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alteration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adjustment, modification |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | laxation, accommodation, adaptation, tune, tightening, loosening |
| Derivation | alter |
alteration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | change, modification |
| Type of | occurrent, occurrence, happening, natural event |
| Has types | breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, damage, death, decease, deceleration, decrease, deformation, destabilization, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, expiry, fluctuation, genetic mutation, variation, avulsion, birth, break, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, shimmer, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, acceleration, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution |
| Derivation | alter |
alteration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | revision |
| Type of | translation, transformation |
| Has types | metamorphosis, transfiguration, distraction, misdirection, qualification, modulation, reorganization |
Examples of alteration
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One example of this potential manipulation is the alteration of malignant tumors.
From the sciencedaily.com
In this analogy, the genetic alteration is the software, the cell the computer.
From the sciencedaily.com
Also, skip the alteration idea when it comes to a blazer or dress with shoulders.
From the timesunion.com
Nine others face third-degree felonies for prescription forgery and alteration.
From the sltrib.com
The liberal college master glibly invents the slogan ALTERATION WITHOUT CHANGE.
From the time.com
Biotechnology is the selection or alteration of living organisms for human use.
From the theatlantic.com
The most striking alteration is an almost complete atrophy of proximal tubules.
From the nature.com
There is little physical manuscript evidence of alteration to the Biblical texts.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Strong alteration and sulphidization is still apparent at the bottom of the hole.
From the foxbusiness.com
- Change: 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"
- The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- Revision: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion"
- (alterative) curative: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
- (altered) changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
- (altered) having testicles or ovaries removed
- In music alteration, an example of chromaticism, is the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale in place of its diatonic neighbor such as in an altered chord. ...
- Alteration is the debut album by Altera Enigma.
- The Elder Scrolls (abbreviated as TES) is a role-playing video game series developed by Bethesda Softworks.
