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===Science=== *In biology, modularity recognizes that [[#Modularity in biology|organisms or metabolic pathways are composed of modules]]. *In ecology, modularity is considered a key factor—along with diversity and feedback—in supporting [[Resilience (ecology)|resilience]]. *In nature, modularity may refer to the construction of a cellular organism by joining together standardized units to form larger compositions, as for example, the hexagonal cells in a [[honeycomb]]. *In cognitive science, the idea of [[modularity of mind]] holds that the mind is composed of independent, closed, domain-specific processing modules. **[[Visual modularity]], the various putative visual modules. **[[Language module]], the putative language module. *In the study of complex networks, [[modularity (networks)|modularity]] is a benefit function that measures the quality of a division of a network into groups or communities.
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