Modulo

/ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/ · preposition

Meaning

(mathematics) Given a specified modulus of..

Definitions by Sense

1. (mathematics) Given a specified modulus of.
2. (technical) Except for differences accounted for by.
3. (extended use) With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).
4. (computing) The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.

Example Sentences

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.

"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.

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[.]

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.

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