modulo

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.
  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[sic] 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

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
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