- The act or procedure of altering.
- The condition resulting from altering; modification.
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al·ter·a·tion (ôl'tə-rā'shən) ![]() |
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noun
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| Law Encyclopedia: Alteration |
Modification; changing a thing without obliterating it.
An alteration is a variation made in the language or terms of a legal document that affects the rights and obligations of the parties to it. When this occurs, the alteration is material and the party who did not consent to the change can be released from his or her duties under the document by a court.
When an essential part of a writing has been cut, torn, burned, or erased, the alteration is also known as a mutilation.
The alteration of a document by someone other than a party to it is called a spoliation.
| Wikipedia: Alteration |
In music alteration, an example of chromaticism, is the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale in place of its diatonic neighbor such as in an altered chord. This should not be confused with borrowing (as in borrowed chord), in which pitches or chords from the parallel key are used in place of those of the original key. Altered notes may be used as leading tones to emphasize their diatonic neighbors.
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For example, an altered dominant or V chord may be G♭-B-D♯:
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| Translations: Alteration |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ændring, forandring
Nederlands (Dutch)
verandering, castratie, gealtereerd akkoord (muziek)
Français (French)
n. - modification, changement, transformations, réparations, retouchage, remaniement, (Archit) travaux, (Naut) changement ( de route), déroutement
Deutsch (German)
n. - Änderung, Abänderung, Umbau
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλλαγή, τροποποίηση, μετατροπή, μεταποίηση, μεταβολή, μεταλλαγή, αλλοίωση
Italiano (Italian)
modifica, restauro, rinnovazione
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - alteração (f), modificação (f)
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Русский (Russian)
изменение, перемена
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Español (Spanish)
n. - modificación, cambio, transformación, reforma, retoque
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förändring
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
变更, 改变, 修改, 变样
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 變更, 改變, 修改, 變樣
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 개조, 변화, 고쳐진 곳
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変更, 変更の結果, 変化
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تعديل, تغيير, تصحيح
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שינוי, תיקון
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