the product of two vectors that is a pseudovector, whose magnitude is the product of the magnitudes of the given vectors and the sine of the angle between them. Its axis is perpendicular to the plane of the given vectors. Written: A × B or A ∧ B
Also called: cross product. Compare scalar product
vector product in American English
a vector perpendicular to each of two given vectors u and v and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of u and v and the sine of the angle from u to v