Found 3 hits - Term: scalar, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scalar \sca"lar\, n. math.
in the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude,
but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has
both magnitude and direction.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
scalar
adj : of or relating to a directionless magnitude; "scalar
implicatures"
n : a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components
- [3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
scalar
1. a single number, as opposed to a vector or
matrix of numbers. thus, for example, "scalar
multiplication" refers to the operation of multiplying one
number one scalar by another and is used to contrast this
with "matrix multiplication" etc.
2. in a parallel processor or vector
processor, the "scalar processor" handles all the sequential
operations - those which cannot be parallelised or vectorised.
see also superscalar.
3. any data type that stores a single value
e.g. a number or boolean, as opposed to an aggregate
data type that has many elements. a string is regarded as a
scalar in some languages e.g. perl and a vector of
characters in others e.g. c.
2002-06-12
see also:
vector matrix parallel processor vector processor superscalar boolean
aggregate string perl characters c
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