dot product
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dot product
First recorded in 1930–35
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In this section, we develop an operation called the dot product, which allows us to calculate work in the case when the force vector and the motion vector have different directions.
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The dot product can also help us measure the angle formed by a pair of vectors and the position of a vector relative to the coordinate axes.
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For this reason, the dot product is often called the scalar product.
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Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.
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The dot product essentially tells us how much of the force vector is applied in the direction of the motion vector.
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