modulus

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
2. The absolute value of a complex number.
3. A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.
4. A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.
5. An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

Konzepte

Modul

Modulus

Betrag

Kongruenzmodul

Synonyme

module

mod

factor

integer

m

Ⓜ️

modulo

mold

mould

scale factor

whole number

M

Ⓜ️

absolute value

mode number

coefficient

Übersetzungen

module

módulo

modulo

módulo

modül

mòdul

modulus

modülüs

όρισμα

coefficient

module

coeficiente

genlik

المعامل

Etymologie (Englisch)

Learned borrowing from Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold.