scalar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

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.
5. (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).

Translations

having magnitude

• Bulgarian: скаларен (skalaren)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: skalární m
• Dutch: scalair (nl)
• Esperanto: skalara
• French: scalaire (fr)
• Georgian: სკალარი (sḳalari)
• Hungarian: skalár (hu)
• Japanese: スカラー (ja) (sukarā)
• Korean: 스칼라 (seukalla)
• 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)
• Vietnamese: vô hướng

relating to scale

• French: scalaire (fr)
• Portuguese: escalar (pt)
• Romanian: scalar (ro)

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• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} skalaar
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scalare (it)
• Mandarin: traditional: ^{(please verify)} 標量 (zh), simplified: ^{(please verify)} 标量 (zh)

See also

• nondimensional

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.

Coordinate terms

• vector

Derived terms

• pseudoscalar

Translations

quantity with magnitude

• Basque: eskalar
• Bulgarian: скалар m (skalar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 标量 (zh) (biāoliàng)

• Czech: skalár m
• Danish: skalar c
• Dutch: scalar m
• Esperanto: skalaro
• 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
• Russian: скаля́р (ru) m (skaljár)
• Spanish: escalar (es) m
• Swedish: skalär (sv) c
• Vietnamese: đại lượng vô hướng

(electronics) amplifier

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

Anagrams

• Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sacral, sarlac

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaː.lɑr/
• Hyphenation: sca‧lar

Noun

scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren)

1. scalar (quantity with only magnitude)

Related terms

• scalair

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scalaire, German Scalar, Latin scalaris.

Adjective

scalar m or n (feminine singular scalară, masculine plural scalari, feminine and neuter plural scalare)

1. scalar

Declension

Declension of scalar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	scalar		scalară	scalari	scalare
	definite	scalarul		scalara	scalarii	scalarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	scalar		scalare	scalari	scalare
	definite	scalarului		scalarei	scalarilor	scalarelor

Noun

scalar n (plural scalare)

1. scalar

Declension

Declension of scalar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) scalar	scalarul	(niște) scalare	scalarele
genitive/dative	(unui) scalar	scalarului	(unor) scalare	scalarelor
vocative	scalarule		scalarelor

References

• scalar in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)