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   module

   /ˈmɒdjuːl/

   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: "ships are now built in modules rather than built in a whole from the base up"
   • ▪ each of a set of independent units of study or training that can be combined in a number of ways to form a course at a college or university: "nine optional modules must be taken"
   • ▪ 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 analysed: "a networking module"
   • 2. a detachable self-contained unit of a spacecraft: "Spacelab, an extra module for the shuttle, will quadruple the experimental facilities on board"

   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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