1. Of or relating to a musical scale
   "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar" 
2. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
   "scalar quantity"

1. A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components

Sounds like: scaler

Derived forms: scalars

See also: scale

Type of: variable, variable quantity

Encyclopedia: Scalar

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