direct product

noun

: cartesian product
especially : a group that is the Cartesian product of two other groups

Examples of direct product in a Sentence

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This decrease in cost ratio is due to higher revenue and lower direct product costs. — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 Google and OpenAI have focused on frontier models and direct product surfaces. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 In the long run, foreign companies may find ways to reduce or eliminate their reliance on the United States, which means that tools such as the foreign direct product rule could eventually lose their bite. — Nikita Lalwani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2025 Its unlikely that the weekend’s rainstorm is a direct product of the El Niño cycle, which forecasters predict will emerge sometime in May through July, said Schoenfeld. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for direct product

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of direct product was circa 1925

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“Direct product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct%20product. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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