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Definition of Scalars
1. scalar [n] - See also: scalar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalars
Literary usage of Scalars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"scalars and Vectors.—Quantities in general are divided into two classes, scalars
and vectors. A scalar is a quantity which is completely determined by its ..."
2. Electromagnetic Theory by Oliver Heaviside (1893)
"All magnitudes whatever which have no directional peculiarity and which are each
specified by a single number are scalars, and subject to scalar algebra. ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Mechanics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1913)
"scalars are added or subtracted by simply taking the sum or difference of the
numbers representing them. To add two or more vectors, however, means to take ..."
4. Elements of Quaternions by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1895)
"We observe again, from inspection of the equations of a plane, that, as remarked
in Art. GO, they are linear and functions of two indeterminate scalars. ..."
5. Elements of Quaternions by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1881)
"We observe again, from inspection of the equations of a plane, that, as remarked
in Art. 60, the}7 are linear and functions of two indeterminate scalars. ..."
6. Elements of Quaternions by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1887)
""We observe again, from inspection of the equations of a plane, that, as remarked
in Art. 60, they are linear and functions of two indeterminate scalars. ..."
7. Elements of Quaternions by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1887)
"We observe again, from inspection of the equations of a plane, that, as remarked
in Art. 60, they are linear and functions of two indeterminate scalars. ..."
8. Elements of Quaternions by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1895)
"We observe again, from inspection of the equations of a. plane, that, am remarked
in Art. 60, they are linear and functions of two indeterminate scalars. ..."
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