Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Production"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Production \Pro*duc"tion\, n. [L. productio a lengthening,
prolonging: cf. F. production. See {Produce}. ]
1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or
exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of
a witness.
2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether
naturally, or by the application of intelligence and
labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions
of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
production
n 1: (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something
(usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced
more efficient methods of production"
2: a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or
television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
3: the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's
production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of
white blood cells"
4: 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" [syn:
{product}]
5: (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the
appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
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