I got a question for you: The name "dot product" is derived from the centered dot ``" that is often used to designate this operation; the alternative name "scalar product" emphasizes that the result is a scalar, rather than a vector, as is the case for the vector product in three-dimensional space.\n\nBased on this passage, the dot product of two vectors results in a?
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To answer this question, we should know that: " that is often used to designate this operation; the alternative name "scalar product" emphasizes that the result is a scalar, rather than a vector, as is the case for the vector product in three-dimensional space.
Therefore, the answer is a scalar.
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