"pseudoscalar" meaning in English

See pseudoscalar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoscalar.wav Forms: pseudoscalars [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + scalar. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|scalar}} pseudo- + scalar Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudoscalar (plural pseudoscalars)
  1. (physics) A quantity that behaves like a scalar, but changes sign under a parity inversion Wikipedia link: pseudoscalar Categories (topical): Physics Translations (quantity): súdascálach [masculine] (Irish), pseudoscalare [masculine] (Italian)

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