modulus

Meanings

Plural: moduli

Noun

• an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers
  • "2 is a modulus of 5 and 9"
• the absolute value of a complex number
• (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
• The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
• The absolute value of a complex number.
• A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.
• A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.
• An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

Synonyms

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