Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or based on a module or modulus.
- adj. Designed with standardized units or dimensions, as for easy assembly and repair or flexible arrangement and use: modular furniture; modular homes.
- adj. Mathematics Of or relating to fields having a characteristic greater than zero.
- adj. Mathematics Of or relating to structured equivalence classes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
- adj. Of or relating to a module or modules.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to modulation; pertaining to or regulated by a module or a modulus.
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use
Etymologies
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Examples
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Surely the term modular just means that self contained modules are used, with common modules used for different systems or platforms.
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The other was what they called a modular home and Nora a prefab, a frame bungalow standing on a bluff between the dirt road and the ridge.
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So that maintenance can be done, substations are built with switching functions that allow you to disconnect and reconnect various parts of the system in modular sort of way.
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Plug-in modular seating system by Stefano Getzel » CONTEMPORIST
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In Montserrat, its members lived in modular tents and frequently worked in 38degree heat.
Why Your Children Should Enlist in the Canadian Armed Forces
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Cairngorm 3 reference architecture (currently in draft) is to separate applications into distinct functional areas that can be developed independently; in other words a modular architecture, where each functional area is a module.
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One of the mathematical theories that Gauss developed was a system of arithmetic called modular arithmetic, or, as we call it in our lab, mod math.
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Initially Williams toyed with the idea of modular scaffolds fitted permanently with pneumatic drills.
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Further up the security chain, companies like Phoenix-based i/o Data Centers are offering so-called modular data centers.
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This is described as a modular upgrade for parachute systems for use in "high-altitude, high-opening" jump missions, typically carried out by Special Forces.
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