cross product
noun
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: either of the two products obtained by multiplying the two means or the two extremes of a proportion
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In the waters of the trading floor, the 50-year-old managing director of cross product sales is both shark and shark bait.
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Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 31 July 2022
If the mouse is to the left of the cat, this cross product will be in the positive z-direction.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 June 2019
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Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 31 July 2022
If the mouse is to the left of the cat, this cross product will be in the positive z-direction.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 June 2019
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“Cross product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross%20product. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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