module

  • noun 1 each of a set of parts or units that can be used to construct a more complex structure. 2 each of a set of independent units of study or training forming part of a course. 3 an independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.

  — ORIGIN Latin modulus, from modus ‘measure’.

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