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   mod·ule

   /ˈmäjo͞ol/

   noun

   • 1. each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building.
   • ▪ an independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.
   • ▪ any of a number of distinct but interrelated units from which a program may be built up or into which a complex activity may be analyzed.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the senses ‘allotted scale’ and ‘plan, model’): from French, or from Latin modulus (see modulus). Current senses date from the 1950s.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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