Having magnitude but not direction.
Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
Of, or relating to scale.
However, it can be expected that 'scale-similarity' models of this form will be inadequate for describing non-equilibrium scalar fields resulting, for example, from non-equilibrium inlet flow conditions.
A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; .
An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.
Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coin...
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