modularity

[moj-uh-lar-i-tee, mod-yuh-]

noun

1. the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.

Word History and Origins

Origin of modularity¹

First recorded in 1935–40; modular + -ity

Example Sentences

Much of what makes batteries an attractive option for Ukraine is their modularity.

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The author, a war journalist, draws from his understanding of strategy to instruct the reader about what I view as the complexity, redundancy, modularity, robustness, resilience, communitarianism, and agency that were employed to achieve victory during the Civil Rights Movement era.

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Biological life like a democratic form of government is based on complexity, redundancy, modularity, robustness, resilience, communitarianism and agency.

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"The flexibility and modularity of OrthoID are among its greates strengths." states Prof. Kimoon Kim who led the research from POSTECH.

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"The fourth and fifth decades of life may be a turning point in the organization of brain networks, characterized by optimal efficiency, system segregation, and modularity, followed by accelerated decay of these properties," the authors write.

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