Noun: mods módz
Usage: Brit
Usage: informal
Usage: Brit
- A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters
"The mods favoured Italian scooters like Vespas and Lambrettas"
- The absolute value of a complex number
"The mod of -3+4i is 5";
- modulus
- An integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers
"2 is a mod of 5 and 9";
- modulus
- [informal] A modification or alteration to a game, software, or hardware
"The players installed a graphics mod to enhance the game's visuals"
- [Brit] A British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
"The mod rode his scooter to the club, dressed in the latest fashion"
Usage: informal
- Modify, esp. to change a program or device to do something different from its original function
"it's the original game modded to run on modern computers under larger resolutions"
- (online content) check for required standards, e.g. block or delete spam, content with false or offensive content, etc.
"He volunteered to mod the forum discussions";
- moderate
Type of: absolute value, adolescent, integer, numerical value, stripling [archaic], teen, teenager, whole number, youth subculture
Encyclopedia: Mods
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