Lee Smooth Manifolds Proposition 2.15 - What is a product of diffeomorphisms?

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In Lee's Introduction to Smooth Manifolds 2nd Edition, item (b) of Proposition 2.15 reads as follows:

Every finite product of diffeomorphisms between smooth manifolds is a diffeomorphism.

What exactly does he mean by "finite product of diffeomorphisms"?

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If $f_i:M_i\to N_i$ denotes a map of smooth manifolds for $i=1,\ldots, k$, then as stated above, the product map $f_1\times\cdots\times f_k:\prod_i M_i\to \prod_i N_i$ is defined by $(f_1\times\cdots\times f_k)(x_1,\ldots, x_k)=(f(x_1),\ldots, f(x_k))$.

Indeed, the product of finitely many manifolds is again a manifold, so everything here makes sense.