modulo

See also: moduló, módulo, and modulò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/

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.
  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, p. 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).
    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.

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 form of modular

Italian

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

Verb

modulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of modulare

Further reading

Latin

Noun

modulō

  1. dative singular of modulus
  2. ablative singular of modulus

Spanish

Verb

modulo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of modular.
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