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MODULUS
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Irregular inflected form: moduli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("modulus" is a kind of...):
coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "modulus"):
coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; modulus of elasticity ((physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The absolute value of a complex number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("modulus" is a kind of...):
absolute value; numerical value (a real number regardless of its sign)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers
Example:
2 is a modulus of 5 and 9
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("modulus" is a kind of...):
integer; whole number (any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero)
