"vector product" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vector products [plural]
Etymology: Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|William Kingdon Clifford|in=1877}} Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 Head templates: {{en-noun}} vector product (plural vector products)
  1. (linear algebra) a vector with the size given by the product of two vectors computed as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the sine of the angle between their directions, and directed perpendicular to the given two vectors, with positive orientation. Wikipedia link: vector product Categories (topical): Linear algebra Synonyms: cross product Related terms: scalar product Translations (vector with size given by the product of two vectors): 向量積 (Chinese Mandarin), 向量积 (xiàngliàngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 矢量積 (Chinese Mandarin), 矢量积 (shǐliàngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 矢積 (Chinese Mandarin), 矢积 (shǐjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 矢值 (shǐzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), vektorový součin [masculine] (Czech), vektorprodukt [neuter] (Danish), krydsprodukt [neuter] (Danish), kruisproduct [neuter] (Dutch), vektoritulo (Finnish), ristitulo (Finnish), produit vectoriel [masculine] (French), produit extérieur [masculine] (French), vektoriális szorzat (Hungarian), krossfeldi [neuter] (Icelandic), krossmargfeldi [neuter] (Icelandic), vigurfeldi [neuter] (Icelandic), vigurmargfeldi [neuter] (Icelandic), vektormargfeldi [neuter] (Icelandic), prodotto vettoriale [masculine] (Italian), 벡터곱 (bekteogop) (Korean), iloczyn wektorowy [masculine] (Polish), produto vectorial [masculine] (Portuguese), produto externo [masculine] (Portuguese), produs vectorial [neuter] (Romanian), ве́кторное произведе́ние (véktornoje proizvedénije) [neuter] (Russian), producto vectorial [masculine] (Spanish), producto cruz [masculine] (Spanish), vektorprodukt [common-gender] (Swedish), kryssprodukt [common-gender] (Swedish)

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