product.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 bring forward for consideration, inspection, or use (will produce evidence).
2 manufacture (goods) from raw materials etc.
3 bear or yield (offspring, fruit, a harvest, etc.).
4 bring into existence.
5 cause or bring about (a reaction, sensation, etc.).
6 Geom. extend or continue (a line).
7 a bring (a play, performer, book, etc.) before the public. b supervise the production of (a film, broadcast, etc.).

--n.

1 a what is produced, esp. agricultural and natural products collectively (dairy produce). b an amount of this.
2 (often foll. by of) a result (of labour, efforts, etc.).
3 a yield, esp. in the assay of ore.

producible adj. producibility n. [ME f. L producere (as PRO-(1), ducere duct- lead)]

product.html - n.
1 Econ. a person who produces goods or commodities.
2 a a person generally responsible for the production of a film or play (apart from the direction of the acting). b Brit. the director of a play or broadcast programme.

producer gas a combustible gas formed by passing air, or air and steam, through red-hot carbon.

product.html - n.
1 a thing or substance produced by natural process or manufacture.
2 a result (the product of their labours).
3 Math. a quantity obtained by multiplying quantities together. [ME f. L productum, neut. past part. of producere PRODUCE]

product.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of producing; the process of being produced.
2 the process of being manufactured, esp. in large quantities (go into production).
3 a total yield.
4 a thing produced, esp. a literary or artistic work, a film, play, etc.

production line a systematized sequence of mechanical or manual operations involved in producing a commodity.

productional n. [ME f. OF f. L productio -onis (as PRODUCT)]

product.html - adj.
1 of or engaged in the production of goods.
2 producing much (productive soil; a productive writer).
3 Econ. producing commodities of exchangeable value (productive labour).
4 (foll. by of) producing or giving rise to (productive of great annoyance).

productively adv. productiveness n. [F productif -ive or LL productivus (as PRODUCT)]

product.html - n.
1 the capacity to produce.
2 the quality or state of being productive.
3 the effectiveness of productive effort, esp. in industry.
4 production per unit of effort.