scalar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Adjective[edit]
scalar (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction
- (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array)
- Of, or relating to scale
- (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
Translations[edit]
having magnitude
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Noun[edit]
scalar (plural scalars)
- (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector
- (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input
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Translations[edit]
quantity with magnitude
(electronics) amplifier
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Noun[edit]
scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren)
- scalar (quantity with only magnitude)
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