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module (n.) 1580s, "allotted measure," from M.Fr. module (1540s) or directly from L. modulus "small measure," dim. of modus "measure, manner" (see MODE (Cf. mode) (n.1)). Meaning "interchangeable part" first recorded 1955; that of "separate section of a spacecraft" is from 1961.

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