sca|lar

sca|lar
sca|lar «SKAY luhr», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. Mathematics. having or indicating magnitude, but no direction; capable of being described by a real number. Scalar quantities or measurements specify length, mass, time, temperature, and the like.
2. capable of being represented by a point on a scale.
3. of or resembling a musical or other scale: »

a dozen choruses full of double-stops, immense scalar leaps... (New Yorker).

–n.
Mathematics. a scalar number or quantity, as distinguished from a vector.
╂[< Latin scālāris like a ladder < scālae ladder; see etym. under scale3 (Cf. ↑scale)]

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