modulus
US /ˈmɑː.dʒə.ləs/
UK /ˈmɒd.jə.ləs/
名詞
1.
模量, 係數
a coefficient or parameter that measures a specific property of a substance or system, such as elasticity or bulk
範例:
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The Young's modulus of the material indicates its stiffness.
材料的楊氏模量表示其剛度。
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We calculated the bulk modulus to determine its compressibility.
我們計算了體積模量以確定其可壓縮性。
2.
模, 絕對值
the absolute value of a complex number or a vector
範例:
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The modulus of a complex number z = a + bi is √(a² + b²).
複數 z = a + bi 的模是 √(a² + b²)。
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In modular arithmetic, we often work with numbers modulus n.
在模運算中，我們經常使用以 n 為模的數。