modulus
US /ˈmɑː.dʒə.ləs/
UK /ˈmɒd.jə.ləs/
名词
1.
模量, 系数
a coefficient or parameter that measures a specific property of a substance or system, such as elasticity or bulk
示例:
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The Young's modulus of the material indicates its stiffness.
材料的杨氏模量表示其刚度。
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We calculated the bulk modulus to determine its compressibility.
我们计算了体积模量以确定其可压缩性。
2.
模, 绝对值
the absolute value of a complex number or a vector
示例:
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The modulus of a complex number z = a + bi is √(a² + b²).
复数 z = a + bi 的模是 √(a² + b²)。
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In modular arithmetic, we often work with numbers modulus n.
在模运算中，我们经常使用以 n 为模的数。