Alterações
Alterações is a Portuguese noun in the plural form that designates acts of changing or modifications to objects, processes, conditions, or states. The term comes from the singular alteration, which traces back to Latin alteratio. In everyday usage, alterações refer to changes in form, position, function, or status, and can apply to physical things as well as to non-material phenomena.
Common contexts and usage examples:
- General and administrative: alterations to policies, plans, schedules, or procedures, such as alterações no horário de
- Climate and environment: alterações climáticas describe shifts or changes in climate patterns over time.
- Law and governance: legislative or regulatory alterations refer to amendments or revisions to laws and rules.
- Health and medicine: alterations in health status or laboratory values denote deviations from normal findings, as
- Biology: alterations can denote genetic or phenotypic changes, though the term mutation is used for specific
- Language and text: alterations ortográficas or textual alterations refer to edits or corrections in spelling and
- Alterações is often paired with adjectives indicating the domain of change (climáticas, administrativas, legais, etc.).
- In clinical or formal reports, the term serves as a generic summary for abnormal findings or