What does a horizontal bar over two vectors indicate?

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I'm reading a physics paper dealing with angular mechanics. There is a vector G representing Force of gravity multiplied by a position vector C, all cross-producted with a Force vector. However, there is a horizontal bar (Vinculum?) over the vectors GC, as shown in the picture: Angular Moment of Momentum Equation. What does the bar represent? The only thing I could find elsewhere is that it is the complex conjugate, which makes no sense in this context.

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Nevermind. My Physics teacher said it was the line formed between the two vectors. I am not sure what a non-geometric interpretation of it would be, but the solution was much simpler than I thought.