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MODULE (Lat. modulus, a measure)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 643 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MIC-MOL
MODULE (Lat. modulus, a measure) , in
architecture
 , the semi-
diameter
  of the
column
  at its
base
 ; the
term
  was first set forth by Vitruvius (iv. 3), and was generally employed by the architects of the Italian revival to determine the relative proportions of the various parts of a columnar
ordinance
 . The module was divided by the revivalists into 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
entablature
  or any of their subdivisions. The
term
  module is also applied in hydraulics (q.v.) to a contrivance for regulating the
supply
  of
water
  from an
irrigation
  channel.


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