melioration

Amelioration may refer to:

• Amelioration patterns, a software design pattern
• Amelioration Act 1798, a statute enacted in the Leeward Islands regarding the treatment of slaves
• Rapid climatic amelioration, used in geology to denote a major change from glacial to interglacial stages, specifically regarding transitions in the oxygen isotope ratio cycle
• An alternative name for land improvement
• A specific type of semantic change – the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression

Melioration, teils auch Meliorisation (lat. melior „besser“), ist ein Begriff der Bodenkunde und Landschaftspflege, der innerhalb der deutschsprachigen Staaten unterschiedliche Verwendung findet.