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scalar

sca·lar
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skey-ler]
    • /ˈskeɪ lər/
    • /ˈskeɪ.lər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skey-ler]
    • /ˈskeɪ lər/

Definitions of scalar word

  • adjective scalar representable by position on a scale or line; having only magnitude: a scalar variable. 1
  • adjective scalar of, relating to, or utilizing a scalar. 1
  • adjective scalar ladderlike in arrangement or organization; graduated: a scalar structure for promoting personnel. 1
  • noun scalar Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude. Compare vector (def 1a). 1
  • adjective scalar quantity having just magnitude 1
  • noun scalar science: quantity 1
See all 13 definitions of scalar

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Origin of scalar

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60, scalar is from the Latin word scālāris of a ladder. See scale3, -ar1

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Parts of speech for Scalar

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Scalar

scalar popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • characteristic root

    a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space.

  • characteristic vector

    a vector for which there exists a scalar such that the value of the vector under a given transformation is equal to the scalar times the vector.

  • linear transformation

    linear map

  • magnetic potential

    a scalar quantity, analogous to the electric potential, defined at each point in a given magnetic field to be equal to the work done in bringing a unit north pole from infinity to the point.

  • norm

    a standard, model, or pattern.

  • pseudoscalar

    a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
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