scalar field

noun Mathematics, Physics.

a region with a number assigned at each point.

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Origin of scalar field

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby scalar field

scalade, scalage, Scala, La, scalar, scalare, scalar field, scalariform, scalar multiplication, scalar product, scalar triple product, scalation
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