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Definition of products - 4 dictionary results

prod⋅uct

[prod-uhkt, -uhkt]
–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


in⋅ter⋅sec⋅tion⋅al, adjective


1. crossroads, crossing, corner.
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.]
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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