modulus — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

2. The absolute value of a complex number.

3. A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.

4. A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.

5. An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

Sostantivo

1. an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers

   Termini più generali

   integerwhole number

   Esempi

   2 is a modulus of 5 and 9

2. the absolute value of a complex number

   Termini più generali

   absolute valuenumerical value

3. (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance

   Termini più generali

   coefficient