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cross product

mathematical operation on two vectors giving a vector as result
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Summary

cross product ranks in the top 0.77% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,603 views/month, #603 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: binary operation[2], vector multiplication[3]
  • Commons category: Cross product[4]
  • Notation: multiplication sign[5]
  • Described by source: ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[6]
  • Has characteristic: anticommutativity[7]
  • Different from: vector multiplication[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[10]

Why It Matters

cross product has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . MathWorld. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . University Physics with Modern Physics. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → vector multiplication
    Subclass of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Described by source → ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics
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