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production (iou)



production noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin productio(n-), from product- pa. ppl stem of producere: see PRODUCE verb, -ION.]
Something which is produced by an action, process, etc.; a product. Formerly also, a result, a consequence. LME.
b. spec. A literary or artistic work; a play, a film, a broadcast, etc. Also, a heavy undertaking; a fuss, a commotion. M17.
c. The total yield or output produced. L19.
The action or an act of producing, making, or causing something; the fact or condition of being produced. LME.
b. spec. The process of being manufactured commercially, esp. in large quantities; the rate of this. L18.
The action of bringing forward or exhibiting something or someone; spec. (Law) the exhibiting of a document in court. L15.
b. Scots Law. A document or piece of evidence produced in an action. M19.
Extension in space or (formerly) time. M16.
Anatomy. = PROCESS noun 8. L16-M19.
Phrases: flow-line production, flow production: see FLOW noun1. mass production: see MASS noun2 & adjective. primary production: see PRIMARY adjective.
Comb.: production line a systemized sequence of mechanical or manual operations involved in the manufacture of a commodity; an assembly line; production number a spectacular song or dance in a musical show etc.; production platform a platform which houses equipment necessary to keep an oil or gas field in production, with facilities for temporarily storing the output of several wells; production reactor a nuclear reactor designed to produce fissile material; production rule Artificial Intelligence any rule which associates a particular condition with an action to be taken when the condition is satisfied.
productional adjective M20.
productionize verb trans. produce for general use M20.