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Modifier

//ˈmɒdɪfaɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, modifies.
  2. 2
    a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene wordnet
  3. 3
    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.)
  4. 4
    a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb wordnet
  5. 5
    A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

    "The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code."

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  1. 6
    a person who changes something wordnet
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of modifier key. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. 8
    a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising wordnet

Etymology

From modify + -er.

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