Meanings
plural cross products
- linear algebraA vector product.
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.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.
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