scalar

Meanings

Adjective

  • Having magnitude but not direction.
  • Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
  • Of, or relating to scale.
  • Of or pertaining to a musical scale.

Noun

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla, for *scadla, from scandere; compare scale. The mathematics sense was .

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