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 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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