Usually means: Quantity with magnitude, no direction.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word scalar:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. scalar: Merriam-Webster
  2. scalar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scalar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scalar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scalar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scalar, scalar: Wordnik
  7. scalar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scalar: Wiktionary
  9. scalar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scalar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scalar: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scalar: Dictionary.com
  13. scalar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Scalar (computing), Scalar (disambiguation), Scalar (mathematics), Scalar (physics), Scalar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Scalar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. scalar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. scalar: Rhymezone
  18. Scalar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. scalar: FreeDictionary.org
  20. scalar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. scalar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. scalar: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. scalar: CCI Computer
  3. Scalar: Game Dictionary
  4. Scalar (computing), scalar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. scalar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SCALAR: Acronym Finder

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Scalar: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  4. scalar: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  5. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  6. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)
  7. SCALAR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scalar: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See scalars as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction.
adjective:  (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
adjective:  Of, or relating to scale.
adjective:  (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
adjective:  (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
adjective:  (linguistics) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
noun:  (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector.
noun:  (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.

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