scalar

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Etymology

From Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale.

Adjective

scalar (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction
2. (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array)
3. Of, or relating to scale
4. (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.

Translations

having magnitude

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標量 (zh), 标量 (zh) (biāoliàng)

• Czech: skalární m
• French: scalaire (fr)
• Georgian: სკალარი (sḳalari)
• Polish: skalarny m
• Portuguese: escalar (pt)

• Romanian: scalar (ro)
• Russian: скаля́рный (ru) (skaljárnyj)
• Spanish: escalar (es)
• Swedish: skalär (sv)
• Tagalog: bilangin (tl)
• Turkish: sayıl (tr)

relating to scale

• French: scalaire (fr)
• Portuguese: escalar (pt)

• Romanian: scalar (ro)

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• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} skalaar
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scalare

• Mandarin: traditional: 標量, simplified: 标量

Noun

scalar (plural scalars)

1. (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector
2. (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input

Related terms

• vector

Translations

quantity with magnitude

• Basque: eskalar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 标量 (zh) (biāoliàng)

• Czech: skalár m
• Danish: skalar c
• French: scalaire (fr) m

• Icelandic: einvíð stærð f, tölustærð f, stigastærð f
• Japanese: スカラー (ja) (sukaraa)
• Polish: skalar (pl) m
• Portuguese: escalar (pt) f
• Spanish: escalar (es) m
• Swedish: skalär (sv) c

(electronics) amplifier

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scalare m

Anagrams

• lascar
• rascal
• sacral