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scalar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scalar has 1 sense
- scalar(n = noun.cognition) Array - a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components; Array is a kind of variable, variable quantity
Derived form adjective scalar2
Adjective scalar has 2 senses
- scalar(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar" Derived form noun scale6
- scalar(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity" Derived form noun scalar1
CIDE DICTIONARY
scalar, n.
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scalar, adj. & n. Math. & Physics
--adj. (of a quantity) having only magnitude, not direction.
--n. a scalar quantity (cf. VECTOR).
--adj. (of a quantity) having only magnitude, not direction.
--n. a scalar quantity (cf. VECTOR).
Etymology
L scalaris f. scala ladder; see SCALE(3)
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