direct product

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.

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Etymology

Origin of direct product

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Its unlikely that the weekend’s rainstorm is a direct product of the El Niño cycle, which forecasters predict will emerge sometime in May through July, said Schoenfeld.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

It does that via its "foreign direct product rule", which forces foreign companies to align with US rules if the goods they are exporting contain US parts, or are derived from US technology.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to enable direct product purchases through ChatGPT using Instant Checkout.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Seagate's position was that its foreign-made drives were not subject to U.S. export control regulations, essentially because they were not the direct product of U.S. equipment.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

Stoicism is the direct product of sentimentalism; and schoolboys are sentimental individually, but stoical collectively.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)