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PRODUCT
merchandise, ware, product
(noun) commodities offered for sale; âgood business depends on having good merchandiseâ; âthat store offers a variety of productsâ
product, production
(noun) an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; âthey improve their product every yearâ; âthey export most of their agricultural productionâ
product, mathematical product
(noun) a quantity obtained by multiplication; âthe product of 2 and 3 is 6â
intersection, product, Cartesian product
(noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets; âthe set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red thingsâ
product
(noun) a consequence of someoneâs efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; âskill is the product of hours of practiceâ; âhis reaction was the product of hunger and fatigueâ
product
(noun) a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; âa product of lime and nitric acidâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
product (countable and uncountable, plural products)
(countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods
(cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
Anything that is produced; a result.
The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield
A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
(arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
(US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
Usage notes
• Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.
Hyponyms
• end product
• finished product
• gross domestic product
• gross national product
• Cartesian product
• categorical product
• cross product
• dot product
• vector product
Verb
product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)
(transitive, obsolete) To produce.
Source: Wiktionary
Prod"uct, n. Etym: [L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See Produce.]
1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain. There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages. Milton. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. Burke.
2. (Math.)
Definition: The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
Syn.
– Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence; outcome; work; performance.
Pro*duct", v. t.
1. To produce; to bring forward. "Producted to . . . examination." [Obs.] Foxe.
2. To lengthen out; to extend. [Obs.] He that doth much . . . products his mortality. Hackett.
3. To produce; to make. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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