scalar product

scalar product

English

Noun

scalar product (plural scalar products)

1. (linear algebra) The product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.

Synonyms

• dot product

Translations

product of two vectors

Czech: skalární součin m Danish: skalarprodukt n, prikprodukt n Finnish: skalaaritulo, pistetulo, sisätulo French: produit scalaire (fr) m German: Skalarprodukt n Greek: εσωτερικό γινόμενο n (esoterikó ginómeno) Hungarian: skaláris szorzat

Icelandic: innfeldi n, innra margfeldi n, depilfeldi n Italian: prodotto scalare (it) m Polish: iloczyn skalarny m Portuguese: produto escalar m Russian: скалярное произведе́ние n (skaljarnoje proizvedénije) Swedish: skalärprodukt (sv) c

See also

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• inner product
• vector product