- Detachable part of a space vehicle - Detachable unit of a spacecraft - Lunar landing craft - Piece of furniture used in spaceship - Program component - A model or measure. - The size of some one part, as 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 (see Minute), though often the
diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and
minutes in height, breadth, or projection.