modulus
Distance from zero
Modulus has two main technical meanings.
In mathematics, it's the absolute value of a number, or the divisor in modular arithmetic: 12 mod 5 equals 2, where 5 is the modulus.
In physics and engineering, it measures a material's response to stress—elastic modulus indicates stiffness, bulk modulus resistance to compression.
The plural is moduli.
What's left over
- congruenceState of agreement
- divisorNumber you split by
- dividendCorporate profit share
- quotientDivision's numerical result
cyclic · wrap-around · residue · checksum · hash · cryptography · periodic
Resistance to deformation
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- rigidityState of being unbending
tensile · deformation · compression · flexibility · Pascal · engineering · rubber · steel
remainder
What's left over
- congruenceState of agreement
- divisorNumber you split by
- dividendCorporate profit share
quotient · cyclic · wrap-around · residue · checksum · hash · cryptography · periodic
stiffness
Resistance to deformation
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
rigidity · tensile · deformation · compression · flexibility · Pascal · engineering · rubber · steel · spring constant
magnitude
Size or scale
- absolute valueNon-negative distance from zero
- normAccepted behavioral standard
- distanceSpace between two points
length · amplitude · size · measure · quantity · extent · scale · degree · complex number · vector
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- concreteconcrete mixer, concrete pour, concrete slabs, concrete beams, concrete columns
- operatorsplus, minus, negation, equals, not
- complex analysiscomplex numbers, complex plane, analytic, singularity, pole
- elasticityelasticity, strain, stiffness, stress-strain, elastic energy
- material mechanicsstress-strain, tensile strength, elasticity, strain, ductility
modulusvector
Quantity with direction
sign · argument · phase · direction · orientation
moduluscompliance
Adhering to requirements
flexibility · pliability · elasticity · softness · deformability
- lunar moduleSpacecraft for surface landings
- modular homesDwellings made in sections
- command moduleSpacecraft's control and living section
- modular furnitureInterchangeable home pieces
- modular designSystem of interchangeable parts
- memory module
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