dot product

noun

Examples of dot product in a Sentence

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The network compares each key vector to each query vector (by computing a dot product) to find the words that are the best match. Timothy B. Lee and Sean Trott, Ars Technica, 31 July 2023 The group designed and simulated the parallel-mixed precision dot-product unit and found the computation time was nearly cut in half and the output accuracy improved, especially for dot products of large vectors. Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2022 If two words diverge on the open seas & the dot product is without derivative, the intercept can be found only by Venn diagrams on the tongue. Jennifer Gresham, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020

Word History

Etymology

dot entry 1; from its being commonly written A · B

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dot product was in 1901

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“Dot product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot%20product. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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