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product

[ prod-uh kt, -uhkt ]
/ ˈprɒd əkt, -ʌkt /
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noun

a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result: He is a product of his time.
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output: a decrease in product during the past year.
Chemistry. a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
Mathematics.
  1. the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
  2. intersection(def 3a).

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Origin of product

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prōductum (thing) produced, neuter of past participle of prōdūcere to produce

OTHER WORDS FROM product

mul·ti·prod·uct, adjectivesub·prod·uct, noun

Words nearby product

produce, produce race, producer, producer gas, producer goods, product, product differentiation, product liability, product life cycle, product line, product mark
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Words related to product

commodity, profit, brand, work, amount, crop, production, fruit, produce, device, output, merchandise, stock, creation, invention, result, synthetic, concoction, consequence, realization

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British Dictionary definitions for product

product
/ (ˈprɒdʌkt) /

noun

Word Origin for product

C15: from Latin prōductum (something) produced, from prōdūcere to bring forth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for product

product
[ prŏd′əkt ]

n.

Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for product

product
[ prŏd′əkt ]

A number or quantity obtained by multiplication. For example, the product of 3 and 7 is 21.
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