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

And I would really suggest that this is an almost direct product from social media, like the Facebook news feed algorithm, sort of conditioning people to do that kind of thing.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

Either may be the direct product of light and shade as well as of accurate drawing.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Joseph Kirkbride