vector product

English

Noun

vector product (plural vector products)

1. (vector algebra) a 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

Translations

vector with size given by the product of two vectors

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 向量積 (cmn), 向量积 (cmn) (xiàngliàngjī), 矢量積 (cmn), 矢量积 (cmn) (shǐliàngjī), 矢積 (cmn), 矢积 (cmn) (shǐjī), 矢值 (cmn) (shǐzhí)

• Danish: vektorprodukt (da) n, krydsprodukt (da) n
• Dutch: kruisproduct (nl) n
• Finnish: vektoritulo (fi), ristitulo (fi)
• French: produit vectoriel m, produit extérieur m

• Icelandic: krossfeldi (is) n, krossmargfeldi (is) n, vigurfeldi (is) n, vigurmargfeldi (is) n, vektormargfeldi (is) n
• Italian: prodotto vettoriale m, prodotto esterno m
• Polish: iloczyn wektorowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: produto vectorial m, produto externo m
• Romanian: produs vectorial (ro) n
• Swedish: vektorprodukt (sv) c, kryssprodukt (sv) c

See also

• scalar product