scalar product
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n.
The numerical product of the lengths of two vectors and the cosine of the angle between them. Also called dot product, inner product.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors
Synonyms: scalar product, dot product
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Mentioned in
- Laue condition (crystallography)
- dot product
- neutron magnetic moment (nuclear physics)
- orthogonal spaces (mathematics)
- virial of a system (statistical mechanics)
- scalar triple product (mathematics)
- matrix element
- nuclear magnetic moment (nuclear physics)
- orthogonal sum (mathematics)
- reciprocal vectors
- product
- inner product (mathematics)
- Scalar
- divergence
