scalarelementwiseoperation
nounUK /ˈskeɪlə ˈɛlɪməntwaɪz ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən/
US /ˈskeɪlər ˈɛləməntwaɪz ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃən/
a math action that works on each number in a list one by one.
Adding five to every number in a list is a scalarelementwiseoperation.
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2. In programming, applying a single number to every item of an array at once.
The library performs a scalarelementwiseoperation to multiply each pixel by two.
3. In linear algebra, combining a scalar with each entry of a vector or matrix.
Scaling the matrix by three is a scalarelementwiseoperation.
4. A data-processing step that transforms each value independently with the same scalar.
The pipeline used a scalarelementwiseoperation to normalize every reading.