Definition of module. Meaning of module. Synonyms of module

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Definition of module

Module
Module Mod"ule, v. t. [See module, n., Modulate.] To model; also, to modulate. [Obs.] --Sandys. Drayton.
Module
Module Mod"ule, n. [F., fr. L. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Model, Modulus, Mold a matrix.] 1. A model or measure. 2. (Arch.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.

Meaning of module from wikipedia

- Look up module or modular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Module, modular and modularity may refer to the concept of modularity. They may also refer...
- mathematics, a module is a generalization of the notion of vector space in which the field of scalars is replaced by a ring. The concept of module also generalizes...
- panels are also known as solar cell panels, solar electric panels, or PV modules. Solar panels are usually arranged in groups called arrays or systems....
- The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two prin****l components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which...
- The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965). It was developed as a visual...
- free module is a module that has a basis, that is, a generating set consisting of linearly independent elements. Every vector space is a free module, but...
- projective modules enlarges the class of free modules (that is, modules with basis vectors) over a ring, keeping some of the main properties of free modules. Various...
- connects the large solar panels and radiators to the pressurized modules. The pressurized modules are specialized for research, habitation, storage, spacecraft...
- The Apollo Lunar Module (LM /ˈlɛm/), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar...
- mathematics, the dual module of a left (respectively right) module M over a ring R is the set of left (respectively right) R-module homomorphisms from M...