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Modulo / Modulus - how to use them?
Modulus has, perversely, various totally distinct meanings even in the maths domain. Here are two:
[(A)] modulus [noun] 1. [MATHEMATICS]
another term for absolute value.
[Oxford Languages; courtesy ...
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Modulo / Modulus - how to use them?
"modulus" is to the "modulo" function as "divisor" is to the "division" function. So in your example of mod(9, 2), the modulus is 2.
The functional form mod(9, ...
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What is the difference between “To every action” and “For every action”?
For a simpler explanation, both are the same.
An action has something that reacts to it... the reaction.
Each action has a reaction for it. Two things that go together, or the reaction belongs to ...
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What is the difference between “To every action” and “For every action”?
The normal usage is for, not to (though to can be used in some contexts).
This is just mathspeak (also logic), as the way to pronounce the Universal Quantifier ∀, pronounced as "for all" (or ...
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What is the difference between “To every action” and “For every action”?
There is always an equal and opposite reaction to every action.
To = that can be paired with, that is [contextually] associated with.
Compare "The key to the door"; "The solution to ...
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What is the difference between “To every action” and “For every action”?
If you reposition the adjunct/prepositional phrase to the end of each sentence, the result is:
There is always an equal and opposite reaction to every action.
There is always an equal and opposite ...
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