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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scalar /ˈskeɪlə/ Mathematics & Physics

▶adjective (of a quantity) having only magnitude, not direction. ▶noun a scalar quantity.

– origin C17: from L. scalaris, from scala (see scale3).

'scalar' also found in these Oxford entries:

dot product - eigenvector - scalar field - scalar product

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