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sca·lar

(skā′lər, -lär′)

a. A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, that is completely specified by its magnitude and has no direction.

b. Mathematics A number, numerical quantity, or element in a field.

2. A device that yields an output equal to the input multiplied by a constant, as in a linear amplifier.

adj.

Of or relating to a scalar.

[Latin scālāris, of a ladder, from scālae, ladder; see scale².]

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scalar

(ˈskeɪlə)

1. (Mathematics) a quantity, such as time or temperature, that has magnitude but not direction. Compare vector¹, tensor², pseudoscalar, pseudovector

2. (Mathematics) maths an element of a field associated with a vector space

adj

(Mathematics) having magnitude but not direction

[C17 (meaning: resembling a ladder): from Latin scālāris, from scāla ladder]

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sca•lar

(ˈskeɪ lər)

adj.

1. representable by position on a scale or line; having only magnitude: a scalar variable.

2. of, pertaining to, or utilizing a scalar.

3. ladderlike in arrangement or organization; graduated.

4. a quantity possessing only magnitude. Compare vector (def. 1).

[1650–60; < Latin scālāris of a ladder. See scale³, -ar¹]

sca·lar

(skā′lər)

A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, whose only property is magnitude; a number. Compare vector.

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Noun	1.	scalar - a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components variable quantity, variable - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
Adj.	1.	scalar - of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar"
	2.	scalar - of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity"

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scalar

[ˈskeɪləʳ] (Math, Phys)

1. adj → scalare

2. n → scalare m

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Rakshit, "A possible explanation of low energy [gamma]-ray excess from galactic centre and Fermi bubble by a Dark Matter model with two real scalars," Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol.

Neutrino Mass and the Higgs Portal Dark Matter in the ESSFSM

Searches for heavy scalars at the LHC are generally being carried out in the diphoton, diboson, or dijet resonance searches.

Exclusion Limits on a Scalar Decaying to Photons and Distinguishing Its Production Mechanisms

The rapid expansion is believed to lead to copious production of certain types of particles called scalars. So far, only one scalar particle has been discovered the famous Higgs boson.

Dark matter may be older than Big Bang: Study

Scientists believe that the rapid expansion led to copious production of particles known as scalars, albeit the (https://www.ibtimes.com/space-times-rests-mysterious-higgs-boson-scientists-look-one-big-particle-2799114) Higgs boson is to date the only scalar particle that has been discovered. 

Dark Matter Gets More Mysterious: May Be Older Than Big Bang

Thus, quantum gravity effects might make fermions and scalars experience different (effective) Hawking temperatures.

Covariant GUP Deformed Hamilton-Jacobi Method

The bias in body mass - gut fill scalars when the analysis does not consider tooth wear is difficult to predict.

Intraspecific scaling of rumen-reticulum fill might depend on dietary fiber

They have taken a, b as scalars and the vector field U metrically equivalent to the 1-form A as a unit vector field.

On Some Classes of Super Quasi-Einstein Manifolds

The initial Whittaker scalars will be used as a source of a particular algebraic structure which then gives rise to unusual configurations of the electromagnetic field.

A closed algebra of Clebsch forms derived from Whittaker super-potentials and applications in electromagnetic research

In the next section, an alternative scalar potential derivation will be presented that rigorously demonstrates the unimportance of any such scalars in the field recovery process, and thus ensures uniqueness of the field.