cross product


nounMathematics.
  1. a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.

Origin of cross product

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby cross product

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British Dictionary definitions for cross product

cross product

nounmaths
  1. another name for vector product

  2. another name for Cartesian product

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Scientific definitions for cross product

cross product

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