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scalar

A quantity described by a single number alone — no direction attached.

A scalar is a quantity fully described by one number (with units), such as mass, temperature, or speed — as opposed to a vector, which needs both a magnitude and a direction. Multiplying a vector by a scalar $k$ stretches or shrinks its length by $|k|$ , and reverses its direction whenever $k$ is negative.

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