different between scalar vs covector

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sc?l?ris, adjectival form from sc?la (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Adjective

scalar (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction.
2. (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
3. Of, or relating to scale.
4. (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.

Translations

See also

• nondimensional

Noun

scalar (plural scalars)

1. (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector.
2. (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.

Coordinate terms

• vector

Derived terms

• pseudoscalar

Translations

Anagrams

• Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sacral, sarlac

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ska?.l?r/
• Hyphenation: sca?lar

Noun

scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren)

1. scalar (quantity with only magnitude)

Related terms

• scalair

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scalaire, German Scalar, Latin scalaris.

Adjective

scalar

1. scalar

Noun

scalar n (plural scalare)

1. scalar

English

Etymology

co- +? vector

Noun

covector (plural covectors)

1. (mathematics) A linear map from a vector space to its field of scalars

Synonyms

• linear functional