product

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product (plural products)

1. A commodity offered for sale.

   That store offers a variety of products.

2. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

   They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.

3. 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.

4. A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   This is a product of lime and nitric acid.

5. (mathematics) A quantity obtained by multiplication.

   The product of 2 and 3 is 6.

6. The set of elements common to two or more sets.

   The set of red hats is the product of the set of hats and the set of red things.

7. Any tangible output or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.

   A product is a work product that is delivered to the customer. [CMMI®]

8. The outcome or 'thingness' of an activity, especially in contrast to a process by which the product was created or altered.

   This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

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• Items for sale: merchandise, wares, goods
• Amount created by a process: production
• Result of multiplication: mathematical product
• Set elements: intersection

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