a coefficient expressing a specified property of a specified substance
bulk modulus, modulus of rigidity, Young's modulus
2. mathematics
the absolute value of a complex number
absolute value
3. mathematics
the number by which a logarithm to one base is multiplied to give the corresponding logarithm to another base
4. mathematics
an integer that can be divided exactly into the difference between two other integers
7 is a modulus of 25 and 11
See also congruence (sense 2)
Word origin
C16: from Latin, diminutive of modus measure
Examples of 'moduli' in a sentence
moduli
The complex-valued longitudinal and shear moduli were computed from these measurements at various temperatures.
Jing Qiao, Wiroj Nantasetphong, Alireza V. Amirkhizi, Sia Nemat-Nasser 2016, 'Ultrasonic properties of fly ash/polyurea composites', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127515305773. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The obtained cell-free decalcified structures showed elastic moduli attributable to both topology and biochemical composition.
Monica Mattioli-Belmonte, Francesca Montemurro, Caterina Licini, Iolanda Iezzi, ManuelaDicarlo, Giorgia Cerqueni, Florinda Coro, Giovanni Vozzi 2019, 'Cell-Free Demineralized Bone Matrix for Mesenchymal Stem Cells Survival and Colonization',Materialshttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/9/1360. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The compressive strengths and dynamic elastic moduli were measured at 7 and 28 days.
Djayaprabha Herry Suryadi, Chang Ta-Peng, Shih Jeng-Ywan 2018, 'Comparison Study of Dynamic Elastic Moduli of Cement Mortar and No-cement Slag BasedCementitious Mortar Activated with Calcined Dolomite with Impulse Excitation Technique',MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201818602004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our calculated bulk moduli compare favorably with reported experimental data when uncertainties are considered.
Baohua Zhang, Junshan Xu 2016, 'Thermodynamic estimation the compressibility of ferropericlase under high pressure',AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967779. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Experimental trends showed elastic moduli increased with body mass, except for human skin.
Jonathan C. J. Wei, Grant A. Edwards, Darren J. Martin, Han Huang, Michael L. Crichton,Mark A. F. Kendall 2017, 'Allometric scaling of skin thickness, elasticity, viscoelasticity to mass for micro-medicaldevice translation: from mice, rats, rabbits, pigs to humans', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-15830-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Finally, we explicitly compute the metrics on these moduli spaces.
Jan Louis, Constantin Muranaka 2017, 'AdS5 vacua from type IIB supergravity on T 1,1', Journal of High Energy Physicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP06(2017)035. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Torsion mechanical waves have the capability to characterize shear stiffness moduli of soft tissue.
Juan Melchor, Rafael Muñoz, Guillermo Rus 2017, 'Torsional Ultrasound Sensor Optimization for Soft Tissue Characterization', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/6/1402. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To colonize target organs, invasive cells cross several tissues of various elastic moduli.
Morgane Rabineau, Leyla Kocgozlu, Denis Dujardin, Bernard Senger, Youssef Haikel,Jean-Claude Voegel, Jean-Noel Freund, Pierre Schaaf, Philippe Lavalle, Dominique Vautier 2013, 'Contribution of soft substrates to malignancy and tumor suppression during colon cancercell division.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3805547?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We study the structure of the moduli space of this construction.
Yusuke Kimura 2019, 'Nongeometric heterotic strings and dual F-theory with enhanced gauge groups', Journal of High Energy Physicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2019)036. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Based on the ensuing relaxation spectra, we analyze the mechanical relaxation moduli.
Jonas Mielke, Maxim Dolgushev 2016, 'Relaxation Dynamics of Semiflexible Fractal Macromolecules', Polymershttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/8/7/263. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)