Editing Modulus

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'''Modulus''' is the [[diminutive]] from the Latin word ''modus'' meaning measure or manner. It, or its plural '''moduli''', may refer to the following:
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== Physics, engineering and computing ==
* [[Moduli (physics)]], scalar fields for which the potential energy function has continuous families of global minima
* The measurement of [[Gear#Standard pitches and the module system|standard pitch in the teeth of a rotating gear]]
* [[Bulk modulus]], a measure of compression resistance
* [[Elastic modulus]], a measure of stiffness
*[[Shear modulus]], a measure of elastic stiffness
* [[Young's modulus]], a specific elastic modulus
* [[Modulo operation]] (<code>a % b</code>, <code>mod(a, b)</code>, etc.), in both math and programming languages; results in remainder of a division
* Casting modulus used in [[Chvorinov's rule]].

== Mathematics ==
* [[Modulus (modular arithmetic)]], base of modular arithmetic
* Modulus, the [[absolute value]] of a real or complex number ( {{math|{{abs|''a''}}}} )
* [[Moduli space]], in mathematics a geometric space whose points represent algebro-geometric objects
* [[Conformal modulus]], a measure of the size of a curve family
* [[Modulus of continuity]], a function gauging the uniform continuity of a function
* Similarly, the modulus of a [[Dirichlet character]]
* [[Modulus (algebraic number theory)]], a formal product of places of a number field
* [[Haar measure#The modular function|The modular function in the theory of Haar measure]], often called simply the modulus

==Other uses==
* [[Modulus (gastropod)|''Modulus'' (gastropod)]] a genus of small sea snails
* [[Modulus Guitars]], musical instrument manufacturer
* [[Modulus robot]], a household robot

==See also==
* [[Module (disambiguation)]]
* [[Modulo (disambiguation)]]

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