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

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

Status, as distinguished from institutions and contract, is a direct product of the mores.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham