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modifier

noun
/ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/UK/ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/US

Etymology

From modify + -er.

  1. derived from modificare
  2. derived from modifier
  3. inherited from modifien
  4. formed as modifier — “modify + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, modifies.

  2. A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.…

    A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

  3. A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

    • The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Ellipsis of modifier key.

The neighborhood

Derived

access modifier, compound modifier, dangling modifier, immunomodifier, modifier key, small ubiquitin-related modifier, squinting modifier, submodifier

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at modifier. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at modifier. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at modifier

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA