vector product
- noun
- /ˈvɛktər ˈprɒdʌkt/
- Specialized
:
producto vectorial
- To find the area of a parallelogram, you can use the vector product of its adjacent sides.
Examples
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The vector product of two vectors is always perpendicular to the plane formed by them.
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In physics, the vector product is used to calculate torque, which is the rotational effect of a force.
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Let me show you a bit of the details why we can, why we only need to use vector products to get the solution.
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And so how many, how many matrix vector products am I doing here?
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The magnitude of the vector product is cool from the right hand rule.
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This sparse matrix vector product just to show you that it's not just simple simple codes, but slightly more complicated codes can be done.
Synonyms
A vector at right angles to two other vectors in three-dimensional space found by multiplying them
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'vector' and 'product' can reasonably infer this refers to some kind of product made from vectors (i.e., a multiplication-like operation on vectors), so the basic idea is partially predictable from the constituents. However, the precise properties given in the definition (perpendicularity to both operands and magnitude equal to the parallelogram area) are technical, not recoverable from the words alone, and require subject-matter knowledge. The construction is common cross-linguistically in technical registers, but its full meaning is domain-specific rather than transparently compositional for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Vector product is a name that shows it is the 'product' made from two vectors. Imagine two arrows on a flat surface; the vector product is the arrow that sticks up from that surface at a right angle, and its length shows the area between the arrows, so the name helps you remember it is the result arrow pointing away from both vectors.
