Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scalar

1 sense of scalar

Sense 1
scalar -- (a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components)
       => variable, variable quantity -- (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)

Similarity of adj scalar

2 senses of scalar

Sense 1
scalar -- (of or relating to a musical scale; "he played some basic scalar patterns on his guitar")

Sense 2
scalar -- (of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude; "scalar quantity")