by-product

See also byproduct

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Alternative forms

• byproduct

Etymology

by(e) + product

Noun

by-product (plural by-products)

1. A secondary product; something made incidentally during the production of something else.
   • 1911, “History of English Agriculture”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

     It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer.

2. A side effect.

   The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.

Related terms

• waste-product

Translations

secondary product

Dutch: bijproduct n., nevenproduct n., (waste) afvalproduct n. Finnish: sivutuote (fi) French: sous-produit (fr) m., co-produit (fr) m.

German: Nebenprodukt (de) n. Icelandic: aukaafurð (is) f. Scottish Gaelic: far-stuth (gd) m.

side effect

Dutch: neveneffect n., bijverschijnsel n. Finnish: sivuvaikutus (fi) French: sous-produit (fr) m.

German: Nebenprodukt (de) n. Hebrew: תוצר לוואי (totzar levai)

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Portuguese: derivado Spanish: subproducto m.