Definition of By-product

Babylon English
by product
anything produced in the course of making something else, secondary product, something which is obtained from the manufacture of a different product; result of another action

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By-product Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
By-Product
a secondary product produced during the process of manufacturing another.


By-product Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
By-product
(n.)
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
  

WordNet 2.0
by-product

Noun
1. a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
(synonym) byproduct
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
(hyponym) epiphenomenon
2. a product made during the manufacture of something else
(synonym) byproduct, spin-off
(hypernym) product, production

hEnglish - advanced version
by-product

by-product
\by"-prod`uct\ (&?;), n. a secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.


Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
by product
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By-product Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

EPA Terms of Environment
By-product
Material, other than the principal product, generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system.

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
By-product
Material, other than the principal product, generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system.


By-product Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Industry Glossary
by-product
Product of considerably less value than the major product. For example, the hide and offal are by-products while beef is the major product.


By-product Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
By-product
A by-product is a secondary or incidental product deriving from a manufacturing process, a chemical reaction or a biochemical pathway, and is not the primary product or service being produced. A by-product can be useful and marketable, or it can have severe ecological consequences.

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