#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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[an alteration,
agent: spamOnly@phmartin.info,
modified_object: http://www.webkb.org/doc/webkb2OntologicalExamples.html,
precondition: (a permit,
beneficiary: spamOnly@phmartin.info,
object: a description
[any alteration,
modified_object: http://www.webkb.org/doc/webkb2OntologicalExamples.html]),
instrument: the Emacs_text_editor,
sub_process of: (an augmentation,
agent: spamOnly@phmartin.info,
modified_object: http://www.webkb.org/doc/webkb2OntologicalExamples.html,
material: several example),
purpose: (an improvement,
agent: spamOnly@phmartin.info,
modified_object: http://www.webkb.org/doc/webkb2OntologicalExamples.html),
time: 21/1/2001 ,
duration: 2 hour]
](24/10/2025);
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