A module is an individual part that combines with other components to make different things. You might have one module that's a cube, and another that's a slab of wood. Two cubes and a slab could make an end table.

In space exploration, module can refer specifically to one of the lunar modules used for landing on the moon during the Apollo space missions. Two astronauts used a module to descend to the moon from the orbiting Apollo spacecraft and to return when the moon mission was complete. More recently, the Space Shuttle delivered several modules to the International Space Station, which is built on a modular design.

Definitions of module

n one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

faculty, mental faculty
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the faculty or power of mental concentration
language, speech
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
intellect, reason, understanding
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
volition, will
the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
modality, sense modality, sensory system
a particular sense
volition in its weakest form
sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion
complete attention; intense mental effort
mental note
special attention with intent to remember
alertness, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness
the process of paying close and continuous attention
anamnesis, recollection, remembrance
the ability to recall past occurrences
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ability, power


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a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
power module
module that provides power to operate other modules
ink cartridge
a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced
tape cartridge
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component, constituent, element

n detachable compartment of a spacecraft

command module
a space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth
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n computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)

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computer circuit
a circuit that is part of a computer

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