cross product
English
Etymology
Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.
Noun
cross product (plural cross products)
- (linear algebra) A vector product.
- The cross product can be derived like so: given a pair of vectors and , solve for a vector which is perpendicular to both and , i.e., whose dot product with both and is zero.
Translations
vector product — see vector product