Meanings
plural scalar products
- linear algebraThe product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.
Synonyms: dot product
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan producte escalar, producte punt
- producte escalarproduct of two vectors
- producte puntproduct of two vectors
Czech skalární součin
- skalární součinproduct of two vectors
Danish skalarprodukt, prikprodukt
- skalarproduktproduct of two vectors
- prikproduktproduct of two vectors
Dutch scalair product
- scalair productproduct of two vectors
Estonian skalaarkorrutis
- skalaarkorrutisproduct of two vectors
Finnish skalaaritulo, pistetulo
- skalaarituloproduct of two vectors
- pistetuloproduct of two vectors
- sisätuloproduct of two vectors
French produit scalaire
- produit scalaireproduct of two vectors
German Skalarprodukt
- Skalarproduktproduct of two vectors
Greek εσωτερικό γινόμενο
- εσωτερικό γινόμενο (esoterikó ginómeno)product of two vectors
Hindi अदिश गुणनफल, बिंदु गुणनफल
- अदिश गुणनफल (adiś guṇanphal)product of two vectors
- बिंदु गुणनफल (bindu guṇanphal)product of two vectors
Hungarian skaláris szorzat
- skaláris szorzatproduct of two vectors
Icelandic innfeldi, innra margfeldi
- innfeldiproduct of two vectors
- innra margfeldiproduct of two vectors
- depilfeldiproduct of two vectors
Italian prodotto scalare
- prodotto scalareproduct of two vectors
Japanese スカラー積
- スカラー積 (sukarā-seki)product of two vectors
Korean 스칼라곱
- 스칼라곱 (seukallagop)product of two vectors
Polish iloczyn skalarny
- iloczyn skalarnyproduct of two vectors
Portuguese produto escalar
- produto escalarproduct of two vectors
Romanian produs scalar
- produs scalarproduct of two vectors
Russian скаля́рное произведе́ние
- скаля́рное произведе́ние (skaljárnoje proizvedénije)product of two vectors
Spanish producto escalar, producto punto
- producto escalarproduct of two vectors
- producto puntoproduct of two vectors
Swedish skalärprodukt
- skalärproduktproduct of two vectors
Vietnamese tích vô hướng
- tích vô hướngproduct of two vectors
Cite this entry
scalar product. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scalar%20product
“scalar product.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scalar%20product. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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