Definition of scalar in English:
scalar
adjective ˈskeɪləˈskeɪlər
Mathematics Physics (of a quantity) having only magnitude, not direction.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, mass is atypical scalar quantity and therefore its value will not depend on the polarization of the exciting light that is used to measure it.
noun ˈskeɪləˈskeɪlər
Mathematics Physics A scalar quantity.
Example sentencesExamples
- Together these three loci seem to fit the circumstances under which separate estimates of both mutation scalars and inheritance scalars can be obtained.
- These types are what you'd expect: scalars hold numerical values or strings, columns hold lists of numbers, grids hold two-dimensional matrices and images hold pixels.
- It can find the bug if you ask your subroutine for a scalar, but you mistakenly have the subroutine return an array.
- With multiple loci, each locus has a mutation rate scalar parameter such that the product of all mutation rate scalars is equal to 1.
- These models directly infer phylogeny by using only the substitution distances of the scalar.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin scalaris, from scala 'ladder' (see scale3).