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diff --git a/doc/source/glossary.rst b/doc/source/glossary.rst index 57e3bcf92..aa2dc13df 100644 --- a/doc/source/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/source/glossary.rst @@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ Glossary array scalar - For uniformity in handling operands, NumPy treats - a :doc:`scalar <reference/arrays.scalars>` as an array of zero - dimension. + An :doc:`array scalar <reference/arrays.scalars>` is an instance of the types/classes float32, float64, + etc.. For uniformity in handling operands, NumPy treats a scalar as + an array of zero dimension. In contrast, a 0-dimensional array is an :doc:`ndarray <reference/arrays.ndarray>` instance + containing precisely one value. axis |