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],
"word": "skalar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scalar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"word": "skalaro"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scalaire"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "einvíð stærð"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tölustærð"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stigastærð"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sukaraa",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"word": "スカラー"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skalar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skaljár",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "скаля́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escalar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skalär"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "quantity with magnitude",
"word": "đại lượng vô hướng"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scalar"
],
"word": "scalar"
}
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