factory
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From Mediaeval Latin factoria, from Latin factor. Probably via a Romance language; compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.
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factory (plural factories)
- (obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
- (now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
- A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
- A device which produces or manufactures something.
- (programming) In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object.
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manufacturing place
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[edit] External links
- factory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- factory in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
