Mōd'i-fi-cā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. modificatio, Fr. & Pr. modification, Sp. modificacion, It. modificazione.] 1. The act of modifying, or giving to any thing new forms, or differences of external qualities or modes, or that of receiving any such. If these powers of cogitation, volition, and sensation are not inherent in matter as such, nor acquirable to matter by any motion or modification of it. Bentley. 2. Particular form or manner; modified shape or condition; mode; form; state; as, the various modifications of light or sound.