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Definition of: scalar
(skā′lər) adjective
Completely definable by a single number or by a point on a scale: said of a quantity having magnitude but no direction, as a volume or mass: distinguished from vector.
—noun Math. A pure number, especially one representing only a magnitude. [<L scalaris of a ladder <scala a ladder. See SCALE2.]
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