modifiability

[Eng. modifiable: -ity.] The quality or state of being modifiable; susceptibility or capability of modification. "Plasticity of thought, and modifiability of opinion."Grant Allen: Fortnightly Review , Jan., 1882, p. 85. mod-i-fi-a-ble, a . [Eng. modify ; -able .] Capable of being modified or diversified by various forms and differences; susceptible of or liable to modification. "It appears to me more difficult to conceive a distinct, visible image in the uniform, invariable e ence of God, than in variously modifiable matter."-Locke: Exam. of Male bran che. mod-i-fic-a-bil-1-ty, s . [English mod if i cable ; -ity .] Modifiability; capability of being modified. mod-i-fic-a-ble, a . [MODIFICATE.] Capable of being modified; modifiable. *mod-if-i-cāte, v.t. [Lat. mod if i cat us , pa. par. of modifico to modify, to qualify, from modus = measure, and facio to make.] To qualify. "The modificated eternity of his mediatorship."- Pear son: On the Creed , art. 6.