modulus
English
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.
- (computing, programming) An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.
Derived terms
Translations
base with respect to which a congruence is computed
absolute value of a complex number
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoduluʃ]
- Hyphenation: mo‧du‧lus
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | modulus | modulusok |
| accusative | modulust | modulusokat |
| dative | modulusnak | modulusoknak |
| instrumental | modulussal | modulusokkal |
| causal-final | modulusért | modulusokért |
| translative | modulussá | modulusokká |
| terminative | modulusig | modulusokig |
| essive-formal | modulusként | modulusokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | modulusban | modulusokban |
| superessive | moduluson | modulusokon |
| adessive | modulusnál | modulusoknál |
| illative | modulusba | modulusokba |
| sublative | modulusra | modulusokra |
| allative | modulushoz | modulusokhoz |
| elative | modulusból | modulusokból |
| delative | modulusról | modulusokról |
| ablative | modulustól | modulusoktól |
| Possessive forms of modulus | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | modulusom | modulusaim |
| 2nd person sing. | modulusod | modulusaid |
| 3rd person sing. | modulusa | modulusai |
| 1st person plural | modulusunk | modulusaink |
| 2nd person plural | modulusotok | modulusaitok |
| 3rd person plural | modulusuk | modulusaik |
Derived terms
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from modus (“measure; manner, way”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.du.lus/, [ˈmɔ.dʊ.ɫʊs]
Noun
modulus m (genitive modulī); second declension
- a small measure or interval
- (architecture) a module
- (aqueducts) a water meter
- (music) a rhythmical measure, interval, rhythm, mode, time
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | modulus | modulī |
| Genitive | modulī | modulōrum |
| Dative | modulō | modulīs |
| Accusative | modulum | modulōs |
| Ablative | modulō | modulīs |
| Vocative | module | modulī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: motlle, mòdul (borrowing)
- English: modulus (borrowing)
- Old French: modle, mole (borrowing)
- English: mold, mould (borrowing)
- French: moule
- French: module (borrowing)
- English: module (borrowing)
- Italian: modulo (borrowing)
- Portuguese: módulo (borrowing)
- Russian: мо́дуль (módulʹ) (borrowing)
- Spanish: módulo (borrowing)
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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
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