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| sca·lar [ skáylər ] |
noun (plural sca·lars) |
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physics mathematics quantity with magnitude but not direction: a quantity that has magnitude but no direction, e.g. mass or time
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with magnitude but not direction: describes a quantity that has magnitude but no direction
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin scalaris< scala "staircase, ladder"] |
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