BY-PRODUCT


Meaning of BY-PRODUCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌprä-(ˌ)dəkt ]

noun

Date: 1857

1. : something produced in a usually industrial or biological process in addition to the principal product

2. : a secondary and sometimes unexpected or unintended result

unpleasant by-product s of civilization

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.