product

PROD'UCT, noun [Latin productus, from produco.] 1. That which is produced by nature, as fruits, grain, metals; as the product of land; the products of the season. 2. That which is formed or produced by labor or by mental application; as the products of manufacturers, of commerce or of art; the products of great and wise men. In the latter sense, production is now generally used. In general, products comprehends whatever is produced or made; as when we speak of the products of a country exported. The product of the impost and excise. 3. Effect; result; something consequential. These are the product Of those ill mated marriages. 4. In arithmetic, the amount of two or more numbers multiplied. Thus 5x7=35, the product product results from multiplication, as sum does from addition. 5. In geometry, the factum of two or more lines.