Scalar can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.
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| scalar - of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity" | ||
| scalar - of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar" | ||
Noun |
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| scalar - a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components |
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| 1. | adj. | Scalar quantity. | |
| 2. | adj. | He played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar. | |
| 3. | adj. | C structures allow the grouping of scalar variables, such as the coordinates of a point. | |
| 4. | noun | Vectors need not correspond to a physical quantity; anything can be a vector space as long as vector addition and scalar multiplication is defined. | |
| 5. | noun | Mathematicians and scientists call a quantity which depends on direction a vector quantity. A quantity which does not depend on direction is called a scalar quantity. |
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| Scalar quantity. |
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| He played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar. |
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| C structures allow the grouping of scalar variables, such as the coordinates of a point. | |
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| Vectors need not correspond to a physical quantity; anything can be a vector space as long as vector addition and scalar multiplication is defined. | |
| Mathematicians and scientists call a quantity which depends on direction a vector quantity. A quantity which does not depend on direction is called a scalar quantity. | |