Meanings
plural vector products
- linear algebraa 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.
Synonyms: cross product
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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.
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Origin
Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan producte vectorial
- producte vectorialvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Chinese Mandarin 向量積 /向量积, 矢量積 /矢量积
- 向量積 /向量积 (xiàngliàngjī)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
- 矢量積 /矢量积 (shǐliàngjī)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
- 矢積 /矢积 (shǐjī)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
- 矢值 (shǐzhí)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
Czech vektorový součin
- vektorový součinvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Danish vektorprodukt, krydsprodukt
- vektorproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- krydsproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Dutch kruisproduct
- kruisproductvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Finnish vektoritulo, ristitulo
- vektoritulovector with size given by the product of two vectors
- ristitulovector with size given by the product of two vectors
French produit vectoriel, produit extérieur
- produit vectorielvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- produit extérieurvector with size given by the product of two vectors
German Vektorprodukt, Kreuzprodukt
- Vektorproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- Kreuzproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Hungarian vektoriális szorzat
- vektoriális szorzatvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Icelandic krossfeldi, krossmargfeldi
- krossfeldivector with size given by the product of two vectors
- krossmargfeldivector with size given by the product of two vectors
- vigurfeldivector with size given by the product of two vectors
- vigurmargfeldivector with size given by the product of two vectors
- vektormargfeldivector with size given by the product of two vectors
Italian prodotto vettoriale
- prodotto vettorialevector with size given by the product of two vectors
Korean 벡터곱
- 벡터곱 (bekteogop)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
Polish iloczyn wektorowy
- iloczyn wektorowyvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Portuguese produto vectorial, produto externo
- produto vectorialvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- produto externovector with size given by the product of two vectors
- produto vetorialvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Romanian produs vectorial
- produs vectorialvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Russian ве́кторное произведе́ние
- ве́кторное произведе́ние (véktornoje proizvedénije)vector with size given by the product of two vectors
Spanish producto vectorial, producto cruz
- producto vectorialvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- producto cruzvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Swedish vektorprodukt, kryssprodukt
- vektorproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
- kryssproduktvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Vietnamese tích có hướng
- tích có hướngvector with size given by the product of two vectors
Cite this entry
vector product. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vector%20product
“vector product.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vector%20product. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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