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/
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magnitude-basedmultiplication factormultiplicativenumbernumeric valuenumericalquantitativequantityquantità fisicascalingsingle valuevalue
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singleton data
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8 entriesscalar coefficientscalar data typescalar fieldscalar magnitudescalar measurementscalar multiplicationscalar quantityscalar value
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C structures allow the grouping of scalar variables, such as the coordinates of a point.
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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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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.
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