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English word module comes from Proto-Indo-European *mod-os
*mod-os (Proto-Indo-European)
modus (Latin)
(grammar) mood, mode. Bound, limit. Manner, method, way. Measure.
modulus (Latin)
(aqueducts) a water meter. (architecture) a module. (music) a rhythmical measure, interval, rhythm, mode, time. A small measure or interval.
module (French)
Module.
module (English)
(algebra) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.. (architecture) A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.. (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.. [...]