Dot Product (Noun)
Meaning
A real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The dot product of the two vectors is a real number that represents the amount of "similarity" between them.
- In physics, the dot product is used to calculate the work done by a force applied to an object.
- The magnitude of the dot product between two vectors is equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
- In machine learning, the dot product is often used as a similarity metric between vectors.
- The geometric interpretation of the dot product is the projection of one vector onto the other.