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Old 01-22-2013, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dedevil View Post
The fields are "scalar" meaning they have magnitude and direction.
This is totally incorrect.
Scalar fields have a single number assigned to each point in the field. Whereas a vector field has a magnitude and direction assigned to each point in the field. You are confusing the two definitions.
Temperature is an example of a scalar measurement.
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