Vectors need not correspond to a physical quantity; anything can be a vector space as long as vector addition and scalar multiplication is defined.
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Scalar
//ˈskeɪ.lə//
Synonyms for "scalar" (11 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 24 languages.
Basque
1 entries- eskalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Bulgarian
2 entries- скаларен adj (having magnitude)
- скалар noun (quantity with magnitude)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 標量 /标量 adj (having magnitude)
- 标量 noun (quantity with magnitude)
Czech
2 entries- skalární adj (having magnitude)
- skalár noun (quantity with magnitude)
Danish
1 entries- skalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Dutch
2 entries- scalair adj (having magnitude)
- scalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Esperanto
2 entries- skalara adj (having magnitude)
- skalaro noun (quantity with magnitude)
French
3 entries- scalaire adj (having magnitude)
- scalaire adj (relating to scale)
- scalaire noun (quantity with magnitude)
Galician
3 entries- escalar adj (having magnitude)
- escalar adj (relating to scale)
- escalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Georgian
1 entries- სკალარი adj (having magnitude)
Hungarian
1 entries- skalár adj (having magnitude)
Icelandic
3 entries- einvíð stærð noun (quantity with magnitude)
- stigastærð noun (quantity with magnitude)
- tölustærð noun (quantity with magnitude)
Japanese
2 entries- スカラー adj (having magnitude)
- スカラー noun (quantity with magnitude)
Korean
1 entries- 스칼라 adj (having magnitude)
Macedonian
1 entries- скаларен adj (having magnitude)
Polish
4 entries- skalarny adj (having magnitude)
- skalowy adj (relating to scale)
- skalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
- skalar noun ((electronics) amplifier)
Portuguese
3 entries- escalar adj (having magnitude)
- escalar adj (relating to scale)
- escalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Romanian
2 entries- scalar adj (having magnitude)
- scalar adj (relating to scale)
Russian
2 entries- скаля́рный adj (having magnitude)
- скаля́р noun (quantity with magnitude)
Spanish
2 entries- escalar adj (having magnitude)
- escalar noun (quantity with magnitude)
Swedish
2 entries- skalär adj (having magnitude)
- skalär noun (quantity with magnitude)
Tagalog
1 entries- bilangin adj (having magnitude)
Turkish
1 entries- sayıl adj (having magnitude)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vô hướng adj (having magnitude)
- đại lượng vô hướng noun (quantity with magnitude)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
C structures allow the grouping of scalar variables, such as the coordinates of a point.
Source: tatoeba (2017403)
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.
Source: tatoeba (5325779)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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