change
process, event or action that deviates from the present state
business cycle
fluctuation in the degree of utilization of the production potential of an economy
deformation
transformation of a body from a reference configuration to a current configuration
defection
giving up of allegiance to one state for allegiance to another in a manner considered illegitimate by the first state
Mac transition to Intel processors
2006-2007 transition from PowerPC to Intel x86 processors
language change
modification or development of a language
marine regression
geological process of areas of submerged seafloor being exposed above the sea level.
pentimento
alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed their mind as to the composition during the process of painting
digital television transition
global switchover to digital television
military deception
attempts to mislead enemy forces during warfare
embrittlement
loss of ductility of a material, making it brittle
change of state
process, event, or action modifying relatively stable qualities of a subject
phase shift
difference between phase angles
potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
changes resulting from contact with an extraterrestrial civilization
commodity tick
unit of measurement of price movement of a stock or other exchange traded asset
deletion
computer science term; the removal of data
improvement
process of a thing moving from one state to another that is considered to be better, usually through some action intended to bring about that better state
gene flow
transfer of genetic variation from one population to another
progress
term in historiography and the philosophy of history for (positive) change
marine transgression
geologic event
rollback
operation which returns the database to some previous state, which is crucial for recovering from database server crashes
sexual revolution
20th century social movement
modulation
transition where a piece of music shifts between keys
perturbation
complex motion of a massive astronomical body
porting
process of adapting software to run on other computing systems
stimulus
in physiology, a detectable change in the internal or external surroundings
fading
term in psychology
correction
subsequent remediation of an erroneous object
indexation
economics technique for income adjustment to maintain purchasing power
digression
section of a composition or speech that marks a temporary shift of subject
data corruption
errors in computer data
right-wing shift
shift in mainstream politics toward the right
behavioral changes
change in an individual's behavior
negation
change or action with an opposite effect to a previous action
adaptation
business administration
ecologic transition
societal change toward an environmentally sustainable model
modification
activity that creates, alters or otherwise changes an object in some particular characteristic without changing it into something else
motion
change in position of an object over time; a body is said to be in motion if it changes its position or orientation with respect to its immediate surroundings
Green Revolution
period of high agricultural technology transfer in the 1950s and 1960s
Constantinian shift
changes in Christianity associated with Constantine the Great
cut
a procedure to split a deck of cards by someone other than the dealer
sex change
process by which a living being changes sexual characteristics, either naturally (in some species) or by medical intervention
capital city relocation
process in which a country moves its capital city or administrative center to another
global change
planetary-scale changes in the Earth system
amendment
legal act proposed in a bill or motion, that adds, changes, substitutes, omits or abolishes clauses to one or several other acts which previously adopted or projected
monsoon exchange
biological exchange across Indian Ocean
dimming
reducing the brightness of a light