Definition of "modular" []

• Of, relating to, or based on a module or modulus. (adjective)
• Designed with standardized units or dimensions, as for easy assembly and repair or flexible arrangement and use: modular furniture; modular homes. (adjective)
• Mathematics Of or relating to fields having a characteristic greater than zero. (adjective)
• Mathematics Of or relating to structured equivalence classes. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Surely the term modular just means that self contained modules are used, with common modules used for different systems or platforms."
• "The other was what they called a modular home and Nora a prefab, a frame bungalow standing on a bluff between the dirt road and the ridge."
• "So that maintenance can be done, substations are built with switching functions that allow you to disconnect and reconnect various parts of the system in modular sort of way."