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Definition of Modular
1. Adjective. Constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use. "Modular homes"
Definition of Modular
1. a. Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.
Definition of Modular
1. Adjective. 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. ¹
2. Adjective. (chiefly mathematics lang=fr) Of or relating to a module or modules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Modular
1. something built in self-contained units [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modular
Literary usage of Modular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Madison Colloquium 1913 by Leonard Eugene Dickson, William Fogg Osgood (1914)
"Since this reduction can be effected on each coefficient of the modular forms
comprising our system S, any rational integral invariant of S is a modular ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions by Arthur Cayley (1876)
"Properties of the modular Equation for n an odd prime. ... But as regards the
modular equation, since .F (— u, — v) = F(u,v), and therefore also F (— u, ..."
3. Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1893)
"ELLIPTIC modular-FUNCTIONS 303. We now pass from groups that are finite in number
... The best known illustration is that of the elliptic modular- functions ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions by Arthur Cayley (1895)
"But as regards the modular equation, since F (— u, — v)=F (u, v), and therefore
also F (— u, v)= F (u, ... The modular equation remains unaltered when for ..."
5. A Treatise on the Theory of Invariants by Oliver Edmunds Glenn (1915)
"We may, however, in connection with the formal modular concomitants of ...
The theory of modular invariants and covariants has been extensively developed. ..."
6. The digital library: a biography by Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne E. Thorin (2002)
"Interest in modular Systems Architecture Maturing digital libraries are far less
interested in killer apps than are young digital libraries. ..."
7. Lectures on the Ikosahedron and the Solution of Equations of the Fifth Degree by Felix Klein (1888)
"... then for greater values of vs an infinite series of transcendant functions,
whose termination for v3= co is formed by the elliptic modular functions. ..."
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