■ noun
1》 an article or substance manufactured or refined for sale.
↘a substance produced during a natural, chemical, or manufacturing process.
2》 a result of an action or process.
↘a person whose character has been formed by a particular period or situation: a ~ of the 1960s.
3》 Mathematics a quantity obtained by multiplying quantities together, or from an analogous algebraic operation.
Origin
ME: from L. ~um 'something produced', neut. past participle (used asnoun) of producere (see produce ).