modulo

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UK/ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/UK/ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/US/ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/

preposition

Given a specified modulus of.

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

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

preposition
  1. mathematicsGiven a specified modulus of.

    21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9.

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    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. engineeringExcept 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.

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    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.

    1990, Margaret Speas, Phrase Structure in Natural Language, page 281

    Moreover, in the role of consumer, each individual (modulo his location) faces the same array of goods and services on sale to anyone who can pay the purchase price[.]

    2002, Richard Arneson, “Egalitarianism”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Synonyms: up to

  3. extended useWith due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).

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

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    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.

    I think it still holds up relatively well, modulo Joss Whedon's quirks, but a fuller version would probably have to include some more of the aftermath.

    2019 March 23, AliasiSudonomo, “Doctor Horrible - 10 Years Later”, in rpg.net

    I recently upgraded my PC and bought a UHD monitor, but after installing Smite I realised that it is basically impossible to play it on a resolution bigger than 1080p, the reason being : basically everything modulo the HUD, does NOT scale with the resolution(everything from the minions to the ennemy^([sic]) health bar becomes tiny).

    2019 August 6, Blaziken2222, “Smite on a 4k monitor”, in Reddit, r/Smite

    Synonyms: barring, except for, save for, apart, apart from, aside, aside from, bar

nounmodulo (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.

    Synonyms: modulus

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionExcept for differences accounted for by.

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

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

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Origin

  1. Latinmodulō
  2. Englishmodulo

From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”).

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Translations

Esperanto module
  • moduleGiven a specified modulus of
French modulo
  • moduloGiven a specified modulus of
German modulo
  • moduloGiven a specified modulus of
Icelandic mátað við
  • mátað viðGiven a specified modulus of
Polish modulo
  • moduloGiven a specified modulus of
Swedish modulo
  • moduloGiven a specified modulus of
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APA

modulo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modulo

MLA

“modulo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modulo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modulo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modulo.

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