"tensor product" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tensor products [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tensor product (plural tensor products)
  1. (mathematics) The most general bilinear operation in various contexts (as with vectors, matrices, tensors, vector spaces, algebras, topological vector spaces, modules, and so on), denoted by ⊗. Wikipedia link: tensor product Categories (topical): Mathematics Hyponyms: Kronecker product, exterior product, wedge product Holonyms: monoidal category Meronyms: tensor (english: if the tensor product is between algebraic structures) Translations (bilinear operation): tensorkorrutis (Estonian), tensoritulo (Finnish), produit tensoriel [masculine] (French), Tensorprodukt [neuter] (German), テンソル積 (tensoru-seki) (Japanese), produs tensorial [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-tensor_product-en-noun-ceYOrAVT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

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