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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROD'UCT, n. [L. productus, from produco.]
1. That which is produced by nature, as fruits, grain, metals; as the product of land; the products of the season.
2. That which is formed or produced by labor or by mental application; as the products of manufacturers, of commerce or of art; the products of great and wise men. In the latter sense, production is now generally used.
In general, products comprehends whatever is produced or made; as when we speak of the products of a country exported.
The product of the impost and excise.
3. Effect; result; something consequential.
These are the product
Of those ill mated marriages.
4. In arithmetic, the amount of two or more numbers multiplied. Thus 5x7=35, the product. Product results from multiplication, as sum does from addition.
5. In geometry, the factum of two or more lines.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product]
2: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" [syn: product, production]
3: a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6" [syn: product, mathematical product]
4: a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"
5: 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"
6: the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian product]

Merriam Webster's

noun 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 Date: 15th century 1. the number or expression resulting from the multiplication together of two or more numbers or expressions 2. a. (1) something produced; especially commodity 1 (2) something (as a service) that is marketed or sold as a commodity b. something resulting from or necessarily following from a set of conditions <a product of his environment> 3. the amount, quantity, or total produced 4. conjunction 5

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: ME f. L productum, neut. past part. of producere PRODUCE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(products) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 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. N-COUNT 2. 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. N-COUNT: N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Produce, yield, proceeds, returns, crops, harvest, fruits, production, outcome. 2. Result, effect, work, fruit, production, performance, issue, consequence.

Moby Thesaurus

account, aftermath, aggregate, amount, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, bearing, box score, bumper crop, by-product, cast, commodity, consequence, consequent, corollary, count, crop, derivation, derivative, development, difference, distillate, drug, effect, event, eventuality, eventuation, fallout, feature, fruit, goods, handiwork, harvest, issue, item, lead item, leader, legacy, logical outcome, loss leader, make, merchandise, number, offering, offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, output, precipitate, proceeds, produce, production, quantity, reckoning, result, resultant, score, second crop, seconds, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, special, spin-off, standard article, staple, staple item, sum, summation, tale, tally, the bottom line, the story, the whole story, total, turnout, upshot, vendible, vintage, ware, whole, work, x number, yield