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

It does that via its "foreign direct product rule", which forces foreign companies to align with US rules if the goods they are exporting contain US parts, or are derived from US technology.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to enable direct product purchases through ChatGPT using Instant Checkout.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Certain partner countries planning to adopt similar measures, however, are not subject to the new U.S. foreign direct product measures.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2022

Along with the poetical revival in the eighteenth century, came the great religious revival inaugurated by the Wesleys and Whitefield; and of this revival, the poetry of William Cowper was a direct product.

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram