modulo
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of modulo
1895–1900; < New Latin modulō, ablative of Latin modulus modulus
Example Sentences
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In arithmetic modulo, or mod, the number n, you only care about how close a number is to a multiple of n.
From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2018
The public key is the n × k matrix T = AS, where the entries are computed modulo q.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017
This matrix specifies each of the 72 physical bits as a sum, modulo 2, of some of the 64 logical bits.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017
The good news from Fermat’s little theorem is that raising a card number to a prime power modulo that prime is a procedure that gives us back the original number.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2013
Ita et de spiritu spiritus et de deo deus modulo alternum numerum, gradu non statu fecit, et a matrice non necessit sed excessit.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
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