modulus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from French module as Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒdjʊləs/, /-dʒʊ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑdʒələs/ Rhymes: -ɒdjʊləs, -ɒdʒələs === Noun === modulus (plural moduli) (mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed. (mathematics) The absolute value of a complex number. (physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance. (physics) A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification. (computing, programming) An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers. ==== Synonyms ==== (programming): mod, % ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Modulus in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana. == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmoː.dy.lʏs/ Hyphenation: mo‧du‧lus === Noun === modulus m (plural moduli, no diminutive) (mathematics) modulus (absolute value of a complex number) (physics) modulus (coefficient) ==== Derived terms ==== elasticiteitsmodulus == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moˈdulus/ Rhymes: -ulus Syllabification: mo‧du‧lus === Verb === modulus conditional of moduli == Hungarian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure, rhythm”), diminutive of modus (“measure; manner, way”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmoduluʃ] Hyphenation: mo‧du‧lus Rhymes: -uʃ === Noun === modulus (plural modulusok) modulus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Young-féle modulus === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From modus (“measure; manner, way”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.dʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.du.lus] === Noun === modulus m (genitive modulī); second declension diminutive of modus (“measure, metre, mode; method”): a small measure or interval (architecture) a module (aqueducts) a water meter (music) a rhythmical measure, interval, rhythm, mode, time ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== modulātē modulātiō modulātor modulātus modulor ==== Related terms ==== modus ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *modellus Italian: modello (see there for further descendants) Venetan: modèl Borrowings: → Catalan: mòdul, mòdol → English: modulus → French: module→ Dutch: module, moduul→ Indonesian: modul → English: module→ Romanian: modul→ Turkish: modül → German: Model → Italian: modulo → Occitan: mòtle → Old Catalan: motle Catalan: motlle → Spanish: molde → Portuguese: molde → Old French: modle, mole French: moule → Middle English: molde, moolde, moulde English: mold, mould Scots: muild → Polish: moduł → Portuguese: módulo → Russian: мо́дуль (módulʹ) → Spanish: módulo === References === “modulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “modulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "modulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “modulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “modulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin