Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
subtracção em módulo
English translation:
modulo subtraction
Added to glossary by
Todd Field
Apr 13, 2009 16:24
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
subtracção em módulo
Portuguese to English
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Mathematics & Statistics
European Portuguese, from a research article on attitudinal ambivalence.
"Uma vez que as atitudes menos ambivalentes são também frequentemente mais polarizadas, estas duas variáveis costumam estar confundidas.
Para controlar este efeito, foi calculado um índice de polarização das atitudes, subtracção em módulo do valor da atitude do ponto médio da escala |Atitude - 5| (Judd & Brauer, 1995; Maio et al., 1996).".
Can anyone point me in the right direction on the correct mathematical term for this in English?
Thanks in advance.
"Uma vez que as atitudes menos ambivalentes são também frequentemente mais polarizadas, estas duas variáveis costumam estar confundidas.
Para controlar este efeito, foi calculado um índice de polarização das atitudes, subtracção em módulo do valor da atitude do ponto médio da escala |Atitude - 5| (Judd & Brauer, 1995; Maio et al., 1996).".
Can anyone point me in the right direction on the correct mathematical term for this in English?
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | modulo subtraction |
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Paul Dixon
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modulo subtraction
Modulo subtraction is the subtraction of two numbers based on modulo arithmetic.
For example. 3 - 4 (mod 5) = 4, because if we consider a clock face with numbers from 0 to 4, and move from the 3 in an anticlockwise direction for four steps, we come to the number 4.
For further information, check out the site below.
The second reference shows an interesting use of the concept.
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-04-13 16:34:54 GMT)
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In Brazil, of course, "subtração".
For example. 3 - 4 (mod 5) = 4, because if we consider a clock face with numbers from 0 to 4, and move from the 3 in an anticlockwise direction for four steps, we come to the number 4.
For further information, check out the site below.
The second reference shows an interesting use of the concept.
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-04-13 16:34:54 GMT)
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In Brazil, of course, "subtração".
Example sentence:
Modulo subtraction is the inverse of modulo addition.
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Comment: "Thanks Paul... spot on."
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