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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A module making up part of a larger module.

   "The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules."

2. 2
   A module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.

Example

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"The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules."

Etymology

From sub- + module.

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