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Is scalar a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scalar is a Scrabble US word. The word scalar is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is scalar a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scalar is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1C3A1L1A1R1

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6-letter words (5 found)

CRAALS,LASCAR,RASCAL,SACRAL,SCALAR,

5-letter words (4 found)

CARLS,CRAAL,SACRA,SCALA,

4-letter words (14 found)

AALS,ALAR,ALAS,ARCS,ASAR,CAAS,CALS,CARL,CARS,CASA,LACS,LARS,RACA,SCAR,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ARC,ARS,CAA,CAL,CAR,LAC,LAR,LAS,RAS,SAC,SAL,SAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AL,AR,AS,LA,

You can make 44 words from scalar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scalar

scalar

Etymology

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 coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Adjective

scalar (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction.
  2. (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
  3. Of, or relating to scale.
  4. (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
  5. (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
  6. (linguistics) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.

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See also

  • nondimensional

Noun

scalar (plural scalars)

  1. (mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector.
  2. (electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.

Coordinate terms

  • vector

Derived terms

  • pseudoscalar

Translations

Anagrams

  • Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sacral, sarlac

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaː.lɑr/
  • Hyphenation: sca‧lar

Noun

scalar m (plural scalars or scalaren)

  1. scalar (quantity with only magnitude)

Related terms

  • scalair

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scalaire, German Scalar, Latin scalaris.

Adjective

scalar m or n (feminine singular scalară, masculine plural scalari, feminine and neuter plural scalare)

  1. scalar

Declension

Noun

scalar n (plural scalare)

  1. scalar

Declension

References

  • scalar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org