Modulorn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒdjᵿlɔː/,

/ˈmɒdʒᵿlɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmɑdʒəlɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Modulor.

Etymology: < French Modulor (1948 or earlier: see note below) < module module n. + or or n.¹, hence ‘module of the golden section’ (compare golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b).The word was introduced by ‘Le Corbusier’, pseudonym of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), Swiss architect and city planner, who devised the system (see quot. 1948¹).

A modular system of proportion devised by the architect Le Corbusier, based on dimensions of 7 feet 5 inches (approx. 226.1 cm) and 3 feet 9 inches (114.3 cm), derived from the proportions of an idealized human figure six feet tall, and intended to be used for the coordinated design of buildings, their contents, and their surroundings.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > graduated instruments > graduated scale > other scales

tangent scale1859

mirror scale1889

Modulor1948

1948 ‘Le Corbusier’ New World of Space 23 The golden section called the ‘Modulor’, a measure by which mathematics and the domain of the human are brought together.

1948 Archit. Rev. Feb. 39 The Modulor is a linear scale in the form of a tape. Its object is to provide a means by which practical realization may be given to the need for efficiency and harmony in the dimensioning of objects and their containers, in architectural design and in town-planning.

1962 Listener 27 Sept. 472/2 His [sc. Le Corbusier's] faithful students soon learned to assemble their modulor units to very much the same buildings they had designed before.

1964 J. Summerson Classical Lang. Archit. vi. 46 It was not till the early years of World War II that le Corbusier created the system..which he has called the ‘Modulor’.

1972 Times 30 Nov. (Bks. Suppl.) p. ii/5 Furneaux Jordan quotes the story of how Corbusier's six foot ‘modulor’ was chosen because he had heard that the ‘good-looking man’ in English detective novels..is always six feet tall.

1998 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 31 205 The Modulor was intended to incorporate a metaphysical dimension into measures themselves; consequently every block of flats..built according to the Modulor scale would be raised to the status of a temple.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modulor
释义	Modulorn. Brit. /ˈmɒdjᵿlɔː/, /ˈmɒdʒᵿlɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɑdʒəlɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Modulor. Etymology: < French Modulor (1948 or earlier: see note below) < module module n. + or or n.¹, hence ‘module of the golden section’ (compare golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b).The word was introduced by ‘Le Corbusier’, pseudonym of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), Swiss architect and city planner, who devised the system (see quot. 1948¹). A modular system of proportion devised by the architect Le Corbusier, based on dimensions of 7 feet 5 inches (approx. 226.1 cm) and 3 feet 9 inches (114.3 cm), derived from the proportions of an idealized human figure six feet tall, and intended to be used for the coordinated design of buildings, their contents, and their surroundings. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > graduated instruments > graduated scale > other scales tangent scale1859 mirror scale1889 Modulor1948 1948 ‘Le Corbusier’ New World of Space 23 The golden section called the ‘Modulor’, a measure by which mathematics and the domain of the human are brought together. 1948 Archit. Rev. Feb. 39 The Modulor is a linear scale in the form of a tape. Its object is to provide a means by which practical realization may be given to the need for efficiency and harmony in the dimensioning of objects and their containers, in architectural design and in town-planning. 1962 Listener 27 Sept. 472/2 His [sc. Le Corbusier's] faithful students soon learned to assemble their modulor units to very much the same buildings they had designed before. 1964 J. Summerson Classical Lang. Archit. vi. 46 It was not till the early years of World War II that le Corbusier created the system..which he has called the ‘Modulor’. 1972 Times 30 Nov. (Bks. Suppl.) p. ii/5 Furneaux Jordan quotes the story of how Corbusier's six foot ‘modulor’ was chosen because he had heard that the ‘good-looking man’ in English detective novels..is always six feet tall. 1998 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 31 205 The Modulor was intended to incorporate a metaphysical dimension into measures themselves; consequently every block of flats..built according to the Modulor scale would be raised to the status of a temple. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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