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Modulus

//ˈmɒdjʊləs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
  2. 2
    (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance wordnet
  3. 3
    The absolute value of a complex number.
  4. 4
    the absolute value of a complex number wordnet
  5. 5
    A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.
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  1. 6
    an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers wordnet
  2. 7
    A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.
  3. 8
    An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French module as Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold.

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