No,because electric field (force/charge) is a vector quantity, i.e. , it has both magnitude as well as direction.
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Both. The electric field is a Quaternion field, a scalar e and a vector E, E = [e,E]Maxwell's Equation. 0=XE= [d/dr, Del][e,E] = [de/dr -Del.E, dE/dr + Del e] = [db/dt - Del.E, dB/dt + Del e]
The strength of the electric field is a scalar quantity. But it's the magnitude of thecomplete electric field vector.At any point in space, the electric field vector is the strength of the force, and thedirection in which it points, that would be felt by a tiny positive charge located there.
A magnetic field is neither: it is a vector field with both direction and quantity.
In mathematics and physics, a scalar field associates a scalar value to every point in a space. The scalar may either be a mathematical number, or a physical quantity.
Vector.