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yod | mod |

As a noun yod

is or yod can be .

As an initialism mod is

(uk) (ministry of defence).

yod

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1856, author=Nesta H. Webster, title=Secret Societies And Subversive Movements, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In the Rite of Perfection as worked in France and America this Cabalistic influence is shown in those degrees known under the name of the "Ineffable Degrees," derived from the Jewish belief in the mystery that surrounds the Ineflable Name of God. According to the custom of the Jews, the sacred name Jehovah or Jah-ve, composed of the four letters yod , he, vau, he, which formed the Tetragrammaton, was never to be pronounced by the profane, who were obliged to substitute for it the word "Adonai." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1882, author=Albert G. Mackey, title=The Symbolism of Freemasonry, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It is really a corruption of, or perhaps rather a substitution for, the Hebrew letter (yod ), which is the initial of the ineffable name. }}
  • (phonetics) A palatal approximant.
  • * 1976 , Michael L. Mazzola, Proto-Romance and Sicilian , Peter de Ridder Press, ISBN 90-316-0088-1, page 104:
    • A statement of consonantal changes for Sicilian is dependent on the development of two sets of clusters, consonant plus yod and consonant plus .
  • * 1984 , Frederick B. Agard, A Course in Romance Linguistics , volume 2, Georgetown University Press, ISBN 0-87840-089-3, page 75:
    • Wherever in the West (including northern Italia) the fricative allophone still remains…it now becomes semivocalized as yod', or more probably voiceless ' yod ….
  • * 2008 , Philippe Ségéral & Tobias Scheer, "Positional Factors in Lenition and Fortition", in Joaquim Brandão de Carvalho et al. (eds.), Lenition and Fortition , Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-020608-1, page 152:
    • Word-initial yod', however, does not strengthen in either of the dialects considered, which respond to Polish ''jab?ko'', ''jagoda'', ''jelén'', ''jutro'' (all ([j-])) "apple, berry, deer, tomorrow" with unaltered initial ' yod .
    Derived terms
    * yod coalescence * yodless

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Booth Tarkington, title=Gentle Julia, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=An' every blessed minute I stannin' there, can't I hear that ole Miz Blatch nex' do', out in her back yod' an' her front ' yod , an' plum out in the street, hollerin': 'Kitty? }}

    mod

    English

    (wikipedia mod)

    Synonyms

    * (modulus) , modulus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  • (UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  • (slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
  • (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  • (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
  • * 1992 , "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn )
    • I'd like to convert some of the arch(SIC) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
  • * 2003 , Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
    • These mods , while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
  • (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  • Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

    • Usage notes

    In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.

    Verb

    (modd)
  • (slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
    • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his .
  • To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    • Don't break the rules or you'll be modded .

    Synonyms

    * trick, trick out * (to moderate)

    Derived terms

    * moddable * modder

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