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direct product

American

noun

Mathematics.

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.

Etymology

Origin of direct product

First recorded in 1920–25

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direct product

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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

The broad expansion of what is known as the foreign direct product rule is just one part of Washington’s planned restrictions.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

They didn't buy iPhone chargers, though many others did - Apple said on 2 March that it would halt all direct product sales in Russia.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2022

It is also the direct product of vanity, pride and self-conceit.

From Quit Your Worrying! by James, George Wharton

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