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In engineering a system is said to have a large set of attributes: performance, security, modifiability, reliability, usability, etc.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2016

Thinking about the modifiability of intelligence started to change in the 2000s.

From Scientific American • Dec. 2, 2014

The histories of the most civilized nations show us that in their earlier times, the modifiability of ideas and habits was less than it is at present.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert

De Maillet, a contemporary of Newton, has been brought into notice by Professor Huxley as one who 'had a notion of the modifiability of living forms.'

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

All neurones have the three characteristics of sensitivity, conductivity, and modifiability.

From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.