# How do you pronounce $\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}$ and $\vec{A} \times \vec{B}$? [closed]

I'm French.

I would like to know:

• How do you pronounce $\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}$ : "A scalar B" or "A dot B" ?

• How do you pronounce $\vec{A} \times \vec{B}$ : "A vectorial B", "A vector B", "A cross B" or "A times B" ?

In French we say "A scalaire B" and "A vectoriel B".

## closed as primarily opinion-based by Brandon Enright, ACuriousMind♦, Kyle Kanos, Rob Jeffries, David Z♦Nov 2 '14 at 7:14

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The first bullet would be read "$A$ dot $B$" or "The dot product of $A$ and $B$"
The second bullet would be read "$A$ cross $B$" or "The cross product of $A$ and $B$"
• Thanks for your answer. But then how do we pronounce $\dot A = \frac{dA}{dt}$ ? Is it not pronounced "A dot" ? If yes, that would mean there is no difference in pronunciation between $\dot A$ and $\vec{A} \cdot \vec{B}$ ? – Quantum Force Oct 31 '14 at 16:30
• @QuantumForce: people will say "A dot", but the fact that one thing has two arguments and one thing has one inhibits confusion. I should also note that people will call ${\vec A} \cdot {\vec B}$ "the scalar product of A and B" and will call ${\vec A} \times {\vec B}$ "the vector product of A and B" – Jerry Schirmer Oct 31 '14 at 16:33
Rather, I pronounced it like $A$ bar dot $B$ bar. Or $A$ bar cross $B$ bar