An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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scalar
  مرپلی، مرپل‌وار  
marpeli, marpelvâr
Fr.: scalaire  

Any quantity which is sufficiently defined only with its magnitude, when given in appropriate units. Compare → vector.
See also:
→ electric scalar potential, → scalar field, → scalar potential, → scalar processor, → scalar product, → scalar wave, → scalar-tensor theory, → tensor-vector-scalar (TeVeS) theory.

See also: Of or pertaining to → scale.