Why temperature is called a scalar quantity having a direction?

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Step.1 Scalar quantity
A scalar quantity is a physical quantity which has a magnitude but no direction. For example: mass, length, time etc.
Step 2 Vector quantity
A vector quantity is a physical quantity which has both magnitude and direction. For example: Displacement, velocity, acceleration, momentum, electric field etc.
Step 3 Justification that temperature is scalar quantity having a direction
Temperature possesses a magnitude as it can have positive and negative values as well but it does not possess a specific direction.
Due to this, we can say that Temperature is a scalar quantity having no direction.

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