Associations to the word «Scalar»

SCALAR, adjective. (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction

SCALAR, adjective. (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array)

SCALAR, adjective. Of, or relating to scale

SCALAR, noun. (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector

SCALAR, noun. (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input

SCALAR CURL, noun. (mathematics) The coefficient of k in the three-dimensional curl of a two-dimensional vector field.

SCALAR FIELD, noun. (mathematics) (physics) A function that assigns a scalar value to every point in space.

SCALAR FIELD, noun. (mathematics) (linear algebra) The field (algebraic structure) for which scalar multiplication is defined for a given vector space; field of scalars.

SCALAR FUNCTION, noun. (mathematics) Any function whose domain is a vector space and whose value is its scalar field

SCALAR FUNCTIONS, noun. Plural of scalar function

SCALAR MULTIPLICATION, noun. (mathematics) Multiplication of a vector by a scalar (which belongs to the vector space's field of scalars).

SCALAR PRODUCT, noun. (linear algebra) The product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.

SCALAR PRODUCTS, noun. Plural of scalar product

SCALAR, noun. A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components.

SCALAR, adjective. Of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar".

SCALAR, adjective. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity".