Used in a Sentence

modulus

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for modulus.

Editorial note

Whoops, you are right, I should have written (modulus) and not (modulus + 1).

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of modulus gathered in one view.

noun

(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

noun

(mathematics) The absolute value of a complex number.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for modulus.

noun

(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

noun

(mathematics) The absolute value of a complex number.

noun

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

noun

(physics) A scalar field controlling the shape and size of extra dimensions in a compactification.

Example sentences

1

Whoops, you are right, I should have written (modulus) and not (modulus + 1).

2

With carbon arrows, you might do it by using a lower modulus matrix material, which would dissipate flex energy faster than the high modulus epoxy they likely use.

3

Javascript doesn't have a modulus operator, it has a remainder operator, and it is completely valid as a remainder operator.

4

It lets you see how the candidate reasons around memory and edge cases, which come up far more frequently than modulus.

5

The arrow flex amplitude should be determined by the carbon fiber modulus and layup pattern.

6

I like this one over fizzbuzz because it doesn't require the candidate to know about the modulus operator.

7

In the J programming language, '%' is the division operator (not the modulus).

8

I don't know why people seem to think that you need to use a modulus operator to do fizzbuzz.

9

Recently I learned that Javascript doesn't handle modulus on a negative number correctly among other things.

10

In the general case, there's no rule in any uniform continuous implementation of rand such as (modulus + 1) needs to divide a specific number.

11

The process once it gets going is pretty quick but the energy buildup required is fairly substantial and is defined by material properties (shear modulus).

12

Adding new fileservers when using a hash modulus based routing scheme is also quite complex as it would require copying quite a lot of site data between fileservers.

Quote examples

1

You the interviewer then ask him, " is there something about modulus 3 and 5 that's tripping you up?

2

The risk for a 128 bit random key is obviously somewhat less than if the shared secret is "hunter2" (modulus stretching etc).

3

It's because the Young's modulus matters far more than the yield strength or the ultimate tensile strength when you're trying to build a machine that can hold a sub 0.001" tolerance.

4

"Standard" modulus is bad enough for this - this operator has the same potential choices as "standard" modulo w.r.t.

Proper noun examples

1

The OP forgets to mention Modulus.io they use as well.

2

Modulus (the hosting company) use a Go based implementation.

3

If you have any game requests shoot me a line at support@lookingforgroup.com I wrote it in js using the meteor framework and hosting it on Modulus.io.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use modulus in a sentence?

Whoops, you are right, I should have written (modulus) and not (modulus + 1).

What does modulus mean?

(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

What part of speech is modulus?

modulus is commonly used as noun.