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 use of the term “scalar” in mathematics was introduced by William Rowan Hamilton when he introduced the quaternion product.

Pronunciation
  • 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.

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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

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Dutch

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

Noun

scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren)

  1. scalar (quantity with only magnitude)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scalaire, German Scalar, Latin scalaris.

Adjective

scalar

  1. scalar

Noun

scalar n (plural scalare)

  1. scalar
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