Production
[prə'dʌkʃ(ə)n] or [prə'dʌkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; 'the appellate court demanded the production of all documents'.
(noun.) the act or process of producing something; 'Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous'; 'the production of white blood cells'.
(noun.) the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services.
(noun.) (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; 'he introduced more efficient methods of production'.
(noun.) a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; 'have you seen the new production of Hamlet?'.
(noun.) a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; 'she tends to make a big production out of nothing'.
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Definition
(n.) The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Produce, product, fruit, work, performance.[2]. Prolongation, extension, lengthening.
Checker: Terrance
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Origination, evolution, formation, genesis, product,[See CAUSE]
Editor: Rudolf
Examples
- Among the important and interesting achievements of chemistry in the Nineteenth Century is the _artificial production of organic compounds_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1838 Prof. Jacobi announced his galvano-plastic process for the production of electrotype plates for printing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The annual production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania is more than 86,000,000 tons of 2,240 pounds, valued at the mines at $198,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Therefore, the utter extinction of a group is generally, as we have seen, a slower process than its production. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The direct production of electric energy by the combustion of coal would be the ideal method. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this case, chemical action is expended in heat rather than in the production of electricity and the liquid becomes hot. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Millions of people are employed in its production and manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This constitution was chiefly the joint production of a worthy philosopher Sieyès, who was one of the three consuls, and Bonaparte. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The production of electrical illumination was now talked of more than ever. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sending of the wireless message requires a source of production of the electro-magnetic waves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The production of engravings is just as highly technical and scientific and involves as much experience and judgment in their application as any of the learned professions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the production of the photograph had a remarkable effect upon the manager. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The process of extermination in such cases would be rapid, whereas the production of new species must always be slow. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The production of coal gas, and the development of its properties at different stages of distillation, may be readily shown by means of a common tobacco pipe. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Some authors have maintained that the amount of variation in our domestic productions is soon reached, and can never afterward be exceeded. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There are, we may note, some very striking resemblances between early Japanese pottery and so forth and similar Peruvian productions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the productions of the most distant metallic mines frequently may, and in fact commonly are. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The productions of the General Electric Company alone average annual sales of nearly $75,000,000, but they do not comprise the total of the country's manufactures in these lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is altogether for the benefit of the producer, that bounties are granted upon the exportation of some of his productions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And half a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In exchanging, indeed, the different productions of different sorts of labour for one another, some allowance is commonly made for both. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- One of their productions shows that king surrounded by his family. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He argues with much force on general grounds that species are not immutable productions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions, and had been separately created. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Under this point of view, the productions of Great Britain stand much higher in the scale than those of New Zealand. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This does not occur, or only in a very slight degree, with our domesticated productions, which have long been exposed to fluctuating conditions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Its productions and features may be without example, as the ph?nomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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