cross product
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.
Noun edit
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 edit
vector product — see vector product