modulo

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See also: moduló, módulo, and modulò

English

Etymology

From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (a measure).

Pronunciation

Preposition

modulo

  1. (mathematics) Given a specified modulus of.
    21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9.
    Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3.
    21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9.
  2. (technical) Except for differences accounted for by.
    Synonym: up to
    "A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C.
    • 1990, Margaret Speas, Phrase Structure in Natural Language, page 281:
      Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3.
    • 2002, Richard Arneson, “Egalitarianism”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
      Moreover, in the role of consumer, each individual (modulo his location) faces the same array of goods and services on sale to anyone who can pay the purchase price[.]
  3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (extended use) With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).
    Synonyms: barring, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
    In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form.
    All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young.
    • 2019 March 23, AliasiSudonomo, “Doctor Horrible - 10 Years Later”, in rpg.net:
      I think it still holds up relatively well, modulo Joss Whedon's quirks, but a fuller version would probably have to include some more of the aftermath.
    • 2019 August 6, Blaziken2222, “Smite on a 4k monitor”, in Reddit, r/Smite:
      I recently upgraded my PC and bought a UHD monitor, but after installing Smite I realised that it is basically impossible to play it on a resolution bigger than 1080p, the reason being : basically everything modulo the HUD, does NOT scale with the resolution(everything from the minions to the ennemy health bar becomes tiny).

Translations

Noun

modulo (uncountable)

  1. (computing) The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.
    Synonym: modulus

See also

Further reading

Catalan

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modular

Galician

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modular

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin modulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.du.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔdulo
  • Hyphenation: mò‧du‧lo

Noun

modulo m (plural moduli)

  1. form
    Synonym: formulario
    Per favore, compili questo modulo.Please fill in this form.
  2. unit, module
  3. (mathematics, physics) modulus
  4. (astronomy) module
  5. (soccer) formation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modulare

Further reading

  • modulo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • modulo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin

Noun

modulō

  1. dative/ablative singular of modulus

Portuguese

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modular

Spanish

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modular