modulus

Other forms of modulus

plural

moduli

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modulus

What does modulus mean?

modulus means "an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modulus?

modulus has 3 syllables: mo-du-lus. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɔdʒulʊs/.

Is modulus a common word?

modulus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.