scalar
/ˈskeɪ.lə/US/skeɪ.lɚ/
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scalar adjective: having magnitude but not direction.
Adjective
scalar (not comparable)
- Having magnitude but not direction.
- Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
- Of, or relating to scale.
- However, it can be expected that 'scale-similarity' models of this form will be inadequate for describing non-equilibrium scalar fields resulting, for example, from non-equilibrium inlet flow conditions.2003, Rodney O. Fox, Computational Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows
- Scalar thickening is useful for understanding the propensity of scales to coalesce in certain times and places, or even how a particular scale provides conditions for other forms of scalar production.2015, Raymond L Bryant, The International Handbook of Political Ecology, page 504
- Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
- Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
- Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
- Spector (2006, 2007) suggests to derive this inference as a scalar implicature.2014, Salvatore Pistoia Reda, Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures
- Also, the scalar meaning in both sentences is not sensitive to context, because the truth value of the sentences does not change depending on context.2018, Osamu Sawada, Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers, page 26
Noun
scalar (plural scalars)
scalar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
scalar in Hindi
- scalar
- अदिश adiś
scalar in Tamil
- அளவெண், எண்ணளவு, திசையிலி, அளவன், அளவம், அளவன் களம்
scalar in Marathi
- having magnitude
- अदिश adiś
scalar in Malayalam
- അദിശം
More languagesFewer languages
- scalar in Kannada
- ಏರಿಸುಕ, ಕಡೆಯಿಲ
- scalar in Tagalog
- bilangin
- scalar in Vietnamese
- vô hướng, đại lượng vô hướng
Examples of scalar in a sentence
- Its extension is a theory in which the NLSM Goldstone bosons interact with a cubic biadjoint scalar.
- The right-hand side of the quaternion equation requires scalar multiplication and quaternion addition.
- Some of this attraction is due to the scalar diquark content of the nucleon current.
Forms of scalar
| plural | scalars |
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Origin of scalar
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 Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Words formed from scalar
- electroscalar
- graviscalar
- hyperscalar
- interscalar
- intrascalar
- isoscalar
- macroscalar
- multiscalar
- nonscalar
- scalar boson
- scalar curl
- scalar field
- scalar function
- scalarize
- scalarly
- scalar multiplication
- scalaron
- scalar product
- scalar triple product
- scalar-valued
- scalarwise
- subscalar
- superscalar
- pseudoscalar
Phrases with scalar
Words that rhyme with scalar
Questions about scalar
- What does scalar mean?
- Scalar means having magnitude but not direction.
- What is scalar in Hindi?
- Scalar in Hindi is अदिश (adiś). See Scalar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scalar?
- Scalar can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce scalar?
- Scalar is pronounced /ˈskeɪ.lə/ (UK).
Words near scalar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scalar (page history and authors); अदिश (Hindi) (page history and authors); scalar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scalar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scalar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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