Scalar vs. Determinant

(mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction

(computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array)

Of, or relating to scale

(music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.

(mathematics) A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector

(electronics) An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input

In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; - distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components

of or relating to a directionless magnitude;

Example: ‘scalar implicatures’;

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.

(biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

(genetics) Something that causes a nuclease to cut at a specified point

Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.

The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws

A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.

a determining or causal element or factor;

Example: ‘education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life’;

a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations

having the power or quality of deciding;

Example: ‘the crucial experiment’; ‘cast the deciding vote’; ‘the determinative (or determinant) battle’;