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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Leave on one side, therefore; the immense body of purely religious literature, sermons, expositions, commentaries, which, of course, are the direct product of the Bible.

From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd

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