##  [Modulus](/index.php/modulus) 

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Definition

Modulus (absolute value) is a function assigning a nonnegative magnitude to numbers or elements of normed structures: for real x, |x| is distance to zero; for complex z = x+iy, |z| = sqrt(x^2+y^2). More generally it is a norm or absolute value on a field or normed space.