dot product
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dot product
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Like vector addition and subtraction, the dot product has several algebraic properties.
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The first type of vector multiplication is called the dot product, based on the notation we use for it, and it is defined as follows:
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As you might expect, to calculate the dot product of four-dimensional vectors, we simply add the products of the components as before, but the sum has four terms instead of three.
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Going back to the fruit vendor, let’s think about the dot product, q · p.
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Direction angles are often calculated by using the dot product and the cosines of the angles, called the direction cosines.
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