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Definition of product - 11 dictionary results

prod⋅uct

  [prod-uhkt, -uhkt]
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–noun
1. a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
2. 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.
3. the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output: a decrease in product during the past year.
4. Chemistry. a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
5. Mathematics.
a. the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
b. intersection (def. 3a).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L prōductum (thing) produced, neut. of ptp. of prōdūcere to produce

in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion

  [in-ter-sek-shuhn]
–noun
1. a place where two or more roads meet, esp. when at least one is a major highway; junction.
2. any place of intersection or the act or fact of intersecting.
3. Mathematics.
a. Also called meet, product. the set of elements that two or more sets have in common. Symbol: ∩
b. the greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice.
Origin:
1550–60; < L intersectiōn- (s. of intersectiō). See intersect, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. crossroads, crossing, corner.
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prod·uct   (prŏd'əkt)   
n.  
  1. Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
  2. A direct result; a consequence: "Is history the product of impersonal social and economic forces?" (Anthony Lewis).
  3. Chemistry A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.
  4. Mathematics
    1. The number or quantity obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together.
    2. A scalar product.
    3. A vector product.

[Middle English, result of multiplication, produced, from Medieval Latin prōductum, result of multiplication, from neuter past participle of Latin prōdūcere, to bring forth; see produce.]
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Product

Prod"uct\, n. [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.) 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.

Product

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.
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Language Translation for : product
Spanish: producto, resultado, fruto,
German: das Ergebnis,
Japanese: 結果
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product 
c.1430, "mathematical quantity obtained by multiplication," from M.L. productum, from L. "something produced," noun use of neuter pp. of producere "bring forth" (see produce). General sense of "anything produced" is attested in Eng. from 1575.
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Main Entry: prod·uct
Pronunciation: 'prä-"d&kt
Function: noun
1 : the result of work or thought
2 a : the output of an industry or firm b : a thing created by manufacturing
3 in the civil law of Louisiana : something (as timber or a mineral) that is derived from something else and that diminishes the substance of the thing from which it is derived —compare FRUIT 2a
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Main Entry: prod·uct
Pronunciation: 'präd-(")&kt
Function: noun
: a substance produced from one or more other substances as a result ofchemical change
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product prod·uct (prŏd'əkt)
n.

  1. Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
  2. A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.

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product   (prŏd'əkt)  Pronunciation Key 
A number or quantity obtained by multiplication. For example, the product of 3 and 7 is 21.
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product mathematics, programming
An expression in mathematics or computer programming consisting of two other expressions multiplied together. In mathematics, multiplication is usually represented by juxtaposition, e.g. "x y", whereas in programming, "*" is used as an infix operator, e.g. "salary * tax_rate.
In the most common type of product, each operand is a number (integer, real number, fraction or imaginary number) but the term extends naturally to cover more complex operations like multiplying a string by an integer (e.g., in Perl, "foo" x 2) or multiplying vectors and matrices or more than two operands.
In type systems, a tuple is sometimes known as a "product type".
(2006-10-12)

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