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Scalar

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Noun

1. scalar

a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components

Adjective

2. scalar

of or relating to a musical scale

Example Sentences:
'he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar'

3. scalar

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

Example Sentences:
'scalar quantity'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Scalar

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noun
1. 
a quantity, such as time or temperature, that has magnitude but not direction
Compare vector (sense 1), tensor (sense 2), pseudoscalar, pseudovector
2. mathematics
an element of a field associated with a vector space
adjective
3. 
having magnitude but not direction

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Scalar

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adjective
1. 
in, on, or involving a scale or scales
2.  Ancient Mathematics
designating or of a quantity that has magnitude but no direction in space, as volume or temperature
noun
3. 
a scalar quantity
see also vector (sense 2) vector (sense 2a)

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Scalar

see synonyms of scalar
n.
1.
a. A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, that is completely specified by its magnitude and has no direction.
b. Mathematics A number, numerical quantity, or element in a field.
2. A device that yields an output equal to the input multiplied by a constant, as in a linear amplifier.
adj.
Of or relating to a scalar.

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