Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross product

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: cross prod-uct
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vector product.

Example Sentences

"The cross product can be derived like so: given a pair of vectors #92;xi and #92;eta, solve for a vector #92;zeta which is perpendicular to both #92;xi and #92;eta, i.e., whose dot product with both #92;xi and #92;eta is zero."

Etymology

Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.

Inflected Forms

cross products (plural)

Derived Forms

bicrossproduct

Synonyms

vector product

Questions

What does cross product mean?: A vector product.
Where does cross product come from?: Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.

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