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• MODULE (Lat. modulus, a measure)

MODULE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. modulus, a measure)  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the semi-See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of the See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column at its See also:

• BASE

base; the See also:

• TERM

term was first set forth by See also:

• VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius (iv . 3), and was generally employed by the architects of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian revival to determine the relative proportions of the various parts of a columnar See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

ordinance . The See also:

• MODULE (Lat. modulus, a measure)

module was divided by the revivalists into See also:

• THIRTY

thirty parts, called minutes, allowing of much greater accuracy than was thought necessary by Vitruvius, whose subdivision was usually six parts . The tendency now is to adopt the whole diameter instead of the semi-diameter when determining the height of the column or See also:

• ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet)

entablature or any of their subdivisions . The term module is also applied in See also:

• HYDRAULICS (Gr. iS&,p, water, and ai,Xos, a pipe)

hydraulics (q.v.) to a contrivance for regulating the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

• WATER

water from an See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation channel .