Alteration - Definition

n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state
or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase
sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse";
"the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his
last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration,
modification]
2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment]
3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of
his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration]