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scalar definition

sca·lar (skā′lər)

adjective

  1. in, on, or involving a scale or scales
  2. Math. designating or of a quantity that has magnitude but no direction in space, as volume or temperature

Etymology: L scalaris, of a ladder < scalae, steps, ladder: see scale

noun

a scalar quantity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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