alteration
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alter /ˈɔːltə, ˈɒl-/
▶verb
- 1 change in character, appearance, or composition.
- 2 N. Amer. & Austral. castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
– derivatives
alterable adjective,
alteration noun,
alterative adjective.
alterable adjective,
alteration noun,
alterative adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. alterer, from late L. alterare, from L. alter ‘other’.
'alteration' also found in these Oxford entries:
allosteric
- alter
- -ar
- biotransformation
- curry
- dammit
- diatonic
- difference
- dreamwork
- elastic limit
- flanging
- greisen
- heterosis
- impression
- minimal
- objet trouvé
- Paget's disease
- parody
- paronomasia
- permute
- planning permission
- plastic surgery
- sheesh
- skarn
- vermiculite
