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

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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 provision called the foreign direct product rule, or FDPR, was first introduced in 1959 to control trading of U.S. technologies.

From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2022

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

Cold must have the fitting object to operate upon, and this object--the aqueous vapor of the air--is the direct product of heat.

From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius