modulo

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

Noun

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

    Synonyms: modulus

Origin

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

Related

congruent remainder

Preposition

  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.
    • 21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9.
  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. - 1990, Margaret Speas, Phrase...
    • 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...

    Synonyms: up to

  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.
    • 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...

    Synonyms: barring except for save for apart apart from aside from bar besides but but for except excepting excluding forby modulo not counting other than outtake save saving with the exception of