The Probert Encyclopaedia of Architecture

MODULE

In architecture the term module is the size of some one part, for example the diameter of semi- diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes, though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.
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