scalar

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskeɪ.lə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /skeɪ.lɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈskæɪ.lə/ Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) === Adjective === scalar (not comparable) (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction. (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array). Of, or relating to scale. (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale. (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0). (linguistics) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nondimensional === Noun === scalar (plural scalars) (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction. Coordinate term: vector (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input. ==== Derived terms ==== pseudoscalar ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sacral, sarlac == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskaː.lɑr/ Hyphenation: sca‧lar === Noun === scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren, no diminutive) scalar (quantity with only magnitude) ==== Related terms ==== scalair == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French scalaire, German Scalar, Latin scalaris. === Adjective === scalar m or n (feminine singular scalară, masculine plural scalari, feminine/neuter plural scalare) scalar ==== Declension ==== === Noun === scalar n (plural scalare) scalar ==== Declension ==== === References === “scalar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026