Meaning of Modifier | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, modifies.
2. A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
3. A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
4. Ellipsis of modifier key.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.”

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