Etymology : in sense 1, from Middle English, from Medieval Latin productum, from Latin, something produced, from neuter of productus, past participle of producere; in other senses, from Latin productum
Pronunciation : prä-(")d&kt
Function : noun
Date : 15th century
1. something that is produced, result of manufacturing; goods, merchandise. product\prod"uct\ , n. [l. productus, p. pr. of producere. see:
produce.].
2. 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. these institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
3. (math.) 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.
4. in general, the result of any kind of multiplication. see:
the note under multiplication.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication.
8. See the Note under Multiplication.
9. To produce; to bring forward.
10. To lengthen out; to extend.
11. To produce; to make. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6" a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue" a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid".
12. 1. A product is something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process. Try to get the best product at the lowest price South Korea's imports of consumer products jumped 33% in this year.
13. If you say that someone or something is a product of a situation or process, you mean that the situation or process has had a significant effect in making them what they are. We are all products of our time The bank is the product of a 1971 merger of two Japanese banks. gross domestic product inner product space product rule Universal Product Code.