Meaning

  1. A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
  2. A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
  3. A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
  4. A unit of education covering a single topic.
  5. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
  6. An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.
  7. A fractal element.
  8. A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (also called mod or music module).
  9. A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.
  10. An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɒdjuːl/
Etymology

Borrowed from French module, from Latin modulus (“a small measure, a measure, mode, meter”), diminutive of modus (“measure”) (whence mode). Doublet of modulus and mold.

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