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scalar multiplication
scalar multiplication n (Mathematics) maths an operation used in the definition of a vector space in which the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector, the operation is distributive over the addition of both scalars and vectors, and is associative with multiplication of scalars scalar multiplication
scalar multiplication[′skā·lər ‚məl·tə·pli′kā·shən] (mathematics) The multiplication of a vector from a vector space by a scalar from the associated field; this usually contracts or expands the length of a vector. |