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sca·lar
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characteristic root
a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space. -
characteristic vector
a vector for which there exists a scalar such that the value of the vector under a given transformation is equal to the scalar times the vector. -
linear transformation
linear map -
magnetic potential
a scalar quantity, analogous to the electric potential, defined at each point in a given magnetic field to be equal to the work done in bringing a unit north pole from infinity to the point. -
norm
a standard, model, or pattern. -
pseudoscalar
a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.