modify
verb (used with object)
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend.
modifiability
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a word derived from
modify.
Example Sentences
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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
But the extreme modifiability of organic matter by chemical agencies is the chief cause of that active molecular rearrangement which organisms, and especially animal organisms, display.
From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson
There appears indeed to be hardly any limit to the almost infinite plasticity and modifiability of domestic animals.
From Charles Darwin by Grant Allen
The plasticity of neurone groups seems to vary in two respects--as to modifiability and as to power to hold modifications.
From How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer
