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Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo.dyl
"La maison est composée de plusieurs modules préfabriqués."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A self-contained, standardized component or section of a larger structure, system, or building that can be easily combined, replaced, or rearranged.
"The new laboratory was constructed entirely from prefabricated modular units." - 2
An independent functional assembly in manufacturing or computing designed to perform a specific task within an integrated system.
"Each modular unit of the software handles a distinct database operation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'modular', derived from the Latin 'modulus' (meaning a small measure or standard) via French, appearing in architecture and engineering in the 20th century, with 'unit', from the Latin 'unus' (meaning one). Together, they evolved to describe standardized components that can be joined or repeated to create complex structures.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Modular Unit" is said worldwide
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module
Transliteration: mo.dyl
"La maison est composée de plusieurs modules préfabriqués."
Modul
Transliteration: moˈduːl
"Das Gebäude besteht aus mehreren flexiblen Modulen."
modulo
Transliteration: ˈmɔ.du.lo
"Ogni modulo è stato assemblato in fabbrica."
módulo
Transliteration: ˈmo.ðu.lo
"La oficina fue construida con un sistema de módulos."
módulo
Transliteration: ˈmɔ.du.lu
"O projeto arquitetônico utiliza um módulo habitacional."
मॉड्यूलर इकाई
Transliteration: modyular ikai
"यह घर मॉड्यूलर इकाइयों से बनाया गया है।"
模块化单元
Transliteration: mókuàihuà dānyuán
"这座建筑由多个模块化单元组装而成。"
모듈러 유닛
Transliteration: modyulleo yunit
"그 건물은 여러 개의 모듈러 유닛으로 지어졌습니다."
モジュール式ユニット
Transliteration: mojūru-shiki yunitto
"その建物はモジュール式ユニットで組み立てられています。"
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