ALL meanings of vector product
vec·tor prod·uct
V v - noun vector product cross product. 1
- noun vector product (linear 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. 0
- noun vector product the product of two vectors that is a pseudovector, whose magnitude is the product of the magnitudes of the given vectors and the sine of the angle between them. Its axis is perpendicular to the plane of the given vectors. Written: A × B or A ∧ B 0
- noun vector product a vector perpendicular to each of two given vectors u and v and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of u and v and the sine of the angle from u to v 0