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by-product

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by-prod⋅uct

  [bahy-prod-uhkt]
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–noun
1. a secondary or incidental product, as in a process of manufacture.
2. the result of another action, often unforeseen or unintended.
Origin:
1900–05
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by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct   (bī'prŏd'əkt)   
n.  

  1. Something produced in the making of something else.

  2. A secondary result; a side effect.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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