modulo

UK /ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/ US /ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/
prep 3noun 1

Definitions

prep

1

Given a specified modulus of.

21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9.

Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3.

2

Except for differences accounted for by.

"A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C.

Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3.

3

With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).

In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form.

All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young.

noun

1

The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.

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