alteration
nounEtymology
From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō. Morphologically alter + -ation.
- derived from alterātiō
- derived from alteracion
Definitions
The act of altering or making different.
- …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
The state of being altered
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at alteration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at alteration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at alteration
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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