An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Same as → vector product.

→ cross; → product.

In → nuclear physics, same as → daughter.

→ daughter; → product.

A → stable nuclide or → radioactive nuclide formed by the → disintegration of a → radioactive isotope, either directly or as a result of a → decay chain. Also called → daughter product. For example, the decay product of ²³⁸U is ²⁰⁶Pb, after passing through the following chain: ²³⁸U → ²³⁴Th (4.5 billion yr) → ²³⁴Pa (24 days) → ²³⁴U (1 min) → ²³⁰Th (245,000 yr) → ²²⁶Ra (76,000 yr) → ²²²Rn (1,600 yr) → ²¹⁸Po (3.8 d) → ²¹⁴Pb (3 m) → ²¹⁴Bi (27 m) → ²¹⁴Po (160 microseconds) → ²¹⁰Pb (22 yr) → ²¹⁰Bi (5 d) → ²¹⁰Po (138 d) → ²⁰⁶Pb.

→ decay; → product.

Same as → scalar product.

O.E. dott "speck, head of a boil," perhaps related to Norw. dot "lump, knot," Du. dot "knot, wisp;" cognate with O.H.G. tutta "nipple;" → product.

Bastâk, → product; marpeli, → scalar.

Nuclides generated by the fission of higher mass elements or by subsequent radioactive decay of nuclides directly generated by fission.

→ fission; → product.

The creation of an → elementary particle and its → antiparticle from a → boson. For example, the formation of an → electron and a → positron in the interaction of high-energy → gamma ray photons, having at least 1.02 Mev, with an → atomic nucleus (γ → e^- + e⁺). The → rest masses of the electron and positron being 0.51 MeV each, the excess energy will be carried away by these two particles. Pair production is the inverse process to → pair annihilation.

→ pair; → production

1) A thing that is made or created (by a person, machine, or natural process).
2) Chemistry: A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.
3) Math.: The result of the → multiplication of two or more quantities.

From M.E., from L. productum "something produced," noun use of neuter p.p. of producere "bring forth," → production.

Farâvardé, farâvard, p.p. of farâvardan "to produce;" → production.

The act of producing; creation; something that is produced; a product. → pair production

M.E., from O.Fr. production, from M.L. productionem, from L. productus, p.p. of producere "bring forth," from → pro- "forth" + ducere "to bring, lead."

Farâvareš "bringing forth," from far- "forth," → pro-, + âvareš, "bringing," verbal noun âvardan "to bring; to cause, produce" (Mid.Pers. âwurtan, âvaritan; Av. ābar- "to bring; to possess," from prefix ā- + Av./O.Pers. bar- "to bear, carry," bareθre "to bear (infinitive)," bareθri "a female that bears (children), a mother;" Mod.Pers. bordan "to carry;" Skt. bharati "he carries;" Gk. pherein; L. fero "to carry").

1) The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.
2) Something reproduced, especially in the faithfulness of its resemblance to the form and elements of the original.
3) Biology: Any of various processes, either sexual or asexual, by which an animal or plant produces one or more individuals similar to itself (TheFreeDictionary.com).

→ reproduce; → -tion.

A multiplication of two vectors giving a scalar. The scaler product of V₁ and V₂ is defined by: V₁.V₂ = V₁.V₂ cos α, where V₁ and V₂ are the magnitudes of the vectors and α is the angle between them. Same as dot product. See also → vector product.

→ scalar; → product.

Of two vectors, a vector whose direction is perpendicular to the plane containing the two initial vectors and whose magnitude is the product of the magnitudes of these vectors and the sine of the angle between them: A x B = C, C = |AB sin α|. The direction of C is given by the → right-hand screw rule. Same as → cross product. See also → scalar product.

→ vector; → product.