Hypertext Webster Gateway: "modifier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Modifier \Mod"i*fi`er\, n.
One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
modifier
n 1: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
[syn: {qualifier}]
2: a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
3: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of
the menu" [syn: {changer}]
4: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
[syn: {modifier gene}]
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