scalars

[skey-ler]

sca·lar

[skey-ler]
adjective
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: a scalar structure for promoting personnel.
noun
4.
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude. Compare vector (def. 1a).

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Origin:
1650–60; < Latin scālāris of a ladder. See scale3, -ar1
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scalar   (skā'lər)  Pronunciation Key 
A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, whose only property is magnitude; a number. Compare vector.
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