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by-product
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun by-product has 2 senses
- by-product(n = noun.phenomenon) byproduct - a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence; Array is a kind of consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
- by-product(n = noun.artifact) byproduct, spin-off - a product made during the manufacture of something else; Array is a kind of product, production
has particulars: epiphenomenon
CIDE DICTIONARY
by-product, n.
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
by-product, n.
1 an incidental or secondary product made in the manufacture of something else.
2 a secondary result.
1 an incidental or secondary product made in the manufacture of something else.
2 a secondary result.
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