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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Modifier \Mod"i*fi'er\, noun
1. One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume.
2. (Gram.) A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
modifier
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "modifier": IC analysis, agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, appositive, attribute, attributive, catalyst, catalytic agent, complement, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, direct object, ferment, filler, form-function unit, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, innovationist, innovator, introducer, leaven, levels, modificator, object, phrase structure, precursor, predicate, qualifier, ranks, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, transformer, transmogrifier, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order, yeast
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
modifier An operation that alters the state of an {object}. Modifiers often have names that begin with "set" and corresponding {selector} functions whose names begin with "get". (1998-01-12)
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