English Explanatory Dictionary

scalar field

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A function that assigns a scalar value to every point in space.
The field (algebraic structure) for which scalar multiplication is defined for a given vector space; field of scalars.

Word forms

scalar field scalar fields

Synonyms

field of scalars

Related words

vector field

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