Lexic.us

Definition of Scalar

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a musical scale. "He played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar"

2. Noun. A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude. "Scalar quantity"

Definition of Scalar

1. n. In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

Definition of Scalar

1. Adjective. (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to scale ¹

3. Noun. (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector ¹

4. Noun. (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scalar

1. a mathematical quantity possessing only magnitude [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scalar

1. In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalar

scala scala media scala tympani scala vestibuli scalabilities scalability scalable scalably scalade scalades

scalado scalados scalae scalage scalages scalar (current term) scalar curl scalar electrocardiogram scalar field scalar function

scalar functions scalar matrix scalar multiplication scalar product scalar products scalare scalares scalaria scalariform scalariformly

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