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Look in the room that you are in. Its temperature varies at every point in the room. IN addition, notice that the air moves at different rates at each part of the room and therefore in different directions. The temperature is different at every point but it has no direction. It just has one value at each point in the room - temperature. On the other hand, the air is moving at different rates (velocity) around the room. Therefore it has a magnitude concerning the velocity. Unlike the temperature however, the air is also moving in a certain direction at each point. Therefore, at each point in space, the temperature is different and has only one value of magnitude so it is a scalar field. The air would be known as a vector field because in addition to its magnitude, its velocity, it has direction because it is moving.
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Is intensity of light scalar or vector quantity?
I think light could not be recoginzed as a vector. However, I think the light intensity could be devided into the x-y axises.
What two kinds of fields make up an EM wave?
scalar field and vector field
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When one refers to the strength of a magnetic field, they're usually referring to the scalar magnitude of the magnetic field vector, so no.
Is electric field scalar or vector?
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What has the author Richmond Beckett McQuistan written?
Richmond Beckett McQuistan has written: 'Scalar and vector fields: a physical interpretation' -- subject(s): Scalar field theory, Vector analysis
Is electric field strength scalar or vector?
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