Definition of Scalar

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

Partainyms: Scale
Derivative terms: Scale

2. Noun. A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components.
Generic synonyms: Variable, Variable Quantity

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

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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