#alteration__modification__adjustment the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
supertype: #change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
subtype: #loosening the act of making something less tight
subtype: #untying__undoing__unfastening loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy"
subtype: #tightening the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
subtype: #take-up the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
subtype: #accommodation (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye
subtype: #readjustment the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
subtype: #domestication accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
subtype: #habituation a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
subtype: #adaptation (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
subtype: #dark_adaptation the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
subtype: #light_adaptation__lightadaptation the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative
subtype: #qualification the act of modification or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform"
1 schema is about #alteration
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](24/10/2025);
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