cross product

noun

1
2
: either of the two products obtained by multiplying the two means or the two extremes of a proportion

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One example of leveraging cross product capability is Oshkosh’s airport logistics operations (Oshkosh AeroTech) which perform autonomous jetway positioning once a plane lands, followed by autonomous baggage load and unload operations. Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026 In the waters of the trading floor, the 50-year-old managing director of cross product sales is both shark and shark bait. Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 31 July 2022 The cross product is a vector operation that returns another vector. Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of cross product was in 1929

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“Cross product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross%20product. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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cross product

noun
: either of the two products obtained by multiplying together the two means or the two extremes of a proportion
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