Diabetes happens when one of the following occurs: 1  When the pancreas does not produce any insulin. 2  When the pancreas produces very little insulin. 3  When the body does not respond appropriately to insulin, a condition called insulin resistance..
Vector Calculus: Understanding the Dot Product. Think of the dot product as directional multiplication. Multiplication goes beyond repeated counting: it's applying the essence of one item to another. Complex multiplication combines rotations.
multiplication. n. 1. (Mathematics) an arithmetical operation, defined initially in terms of repeated addition, usually written a Ã b, a.b, or ab, by which the product of two quantities is calculated: to multiply a by positive integral b is to add a to itself b times.