Definitions for scalarˈskeɪ lər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sca•larˈskeɪ lər(adj.)

  1. representable by position on a scale or line; having only magnitude:

    a scalar variable.

    Category: Math

  2. of, pertaining to, or utilizing a scalar.

    Category: Math

  3. ladderlike in arrangement or organization; graduated.

  4. (n.)a quantity possessing only magnitude.

    Category: Math

    Ref: Compare vector (def. 1). 1 1

Origin of scalar:

1650–60; < L scālāris of a ladder. See scale3, -ar1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scalar(adj)

    a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components

  2. scalar(adj)

    of or relating to a musical scale

    "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar"

  3. scalar(adj)

    of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude

    "scalar quantity"

Wiktionary

  1. scalar(Noun)

    A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector

  2. scalar(Noun)

    An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input

  3. scalar(Adjective)

    Having magnitude but not direction

  4. scalar(Adjective)

    Of, or relating to scale

  5. Origin: From scalaris, adjectival form from scala, for *, from scandere; compare scale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scalar(noun)

    in the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction


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