modulo

See also: moduló, módulo, and modulò

English

Etymology

From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/, /ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/

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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3], 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

Given a specified modulus of

• Esperanto: module
• French: modulo (fr)
• German: modulo (de)
• Icelandic: mátað við
• Swedish: modulo (sv)

Noun

modulo (uncountable)

1. (computing) The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.

   Synonym: modulus

See also

• congruent
• remainder

Further reading

• modulo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• modulo operation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• modulare (adj)

Related terms

• modulare (verb)

Etymology 2

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