MODULUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: moduli

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)

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)

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)