scalar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Texas) audio
- (Southern-England) audio Berkshire
- /ˈskæɪ.lə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈskeɪ.lə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /skeɪ.lɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having magnitude but not direction.
- (not-comparable) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
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(not-comparable) Of, or relating to scale.
However, it can be expected that 'scale-similarity' models of this form will be inadequate for describing non-equilibrium scalar fields resulting, for example, from non-equilibrium inlet flow conditions.
2003, Rodney O. Fox, Computational Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows:Scalar thickening is useful for understanding the propensity of scales to coalesce in certain times and places, or even how a particular scale provides conditions for other forms of scalar production.
2015, Raymond L Bryant, The International Handbook of Political Ecology, page 504:
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
- (not-comparable) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
In Mandarin Chinese, the same sentence containing a numeral-classifier phrase as a negative polarity item can be employed for two types of scalar inferences based on either the numeral or the noun.
2019, Penka Stateva, Anne Reboul, Scalar Implicatures, page 8:Also, the scalar meaning in both sentences is not sensitive to context, because the truth value of the sentences does not change depending on context.
2018, Osamu Sawada, Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers, page 26:Spector (2006, 2007) suggests to derive this inference as a scalar implicature.
2014, Salvatore Pistoia Reda, Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures:
Deriveds
scalar triple product · hyperscalar · scalar multiplication · multiscalar · nonscalar · graviscalar · macroscalar · electroscalar · scalarize · scalar field · scalar boson · scalarly · scalar-valued · interscalar · superscalar · scalar curl · scalarwise · scalar function · isoscalar · scalaron · scalar product · subscalar · intrascalar
Relateds
Translations (28)
hu skalár (having magnitude) · eo skalara (having magnitude) · bg скаларен (having magnitude) · ru скаля́рный (having magnitude) · gl escalar (relating to scale) · fi skalaarinen (having magnitude) · ro scalar (having magnitude) · tl bilangin (having magnitude) · cmn 標量 /标量 (having magnitude) · ko 스칼라 (having magnitude) · mk скаларен (having magnitude) · ro scalar (relating to scale) · ka სკალარი (having magnitude) · mr अदिश (having magnitude) · sv skalär (having magnitude) · pl skalarny (having magnitude) · ja スカラー (having magnitude) · cs skalární (having magnitude) · gl escalar (having magnitude) · tr sayıl (having magnitude) · pt escalar (relating to scale) · pt escalar (having magnitude) · es escalar (having magnitude) · fr scalaire (having magnitude) · vi vô hướng (having magnitude) · pl skalowy (relating to scale) · nl scalair (having magnitude) · fr scalaire (relating to scale)