vector product

vector product

noun

{bc}a vector {it}c{/it} whose length is the product of the lengths of two vectors {it}a{/it} and {it}b{/it} and the sine of their included angle, whose direction is perpendicular to their plane, and whose direction is that in which a right-handed screw rotated from {it}a{/it} toward {it}b{/it} along axis {it}c{/it} would move