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scalar

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
scalar quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number ), in contrast to vectors and tensors ; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra. Many physical quantities have scalar values, e.g., length, area, mass, energy, and electric charge. Such quantities as velocity, force, momentum, and spin are vectors and follow different algebraic rules. Author not available, SCALAR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
vector space
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... of objects ( field theory ), known as scalars, that satisfy certain properties. The ... addition; (2) multiplication of a vector by a scalar produces a vector in the set; (3) the ... 0 ; (7) the distributive law holds for scalar multiplication over vector addition ... Read more
vector operations
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... original vectors as sides. When a vector is multiplied by a positive scalar (i.e., number), its magnitude is multiplied by the scalar and its direction remains unchanged (if the scalar is negative, the direction is reversed). The multiplication of ... Read more

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