单词 | by-product |
释义 | by-productn. a. A secondary product; a substance of more or less value obtained in the course of a specific process, though not its primary object. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > manufactured article or product > by-product residual1850 by-product1857 arisings1923 1857 E. Acton Eng. Bread-bk. ii. 95 German yeast..in many distilleries forms an important by-product. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. App. 508 When any proteid is digested with pepsin..a bye-product makes its appearance. 1882 Standard 24 Aug. By-products of gas manufacture. b. transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > a joint product or by-product comproduction1658 by-product1926 spin-off1959 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 304/1 But a regrettable by-product of their activities has been a relapse into primitive methods of soliciting attention. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer ii. 23 I was going to say the principal thing is that you're here. But that's a by-product. The principal thing..is that you know me. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Report 9 Dec. iv/1 By-product coke ovens. 1969 Nature 27 Dec. 1297/2 By-product gypsum formed during the wet process manufacture of phosphoric acid contains various impurities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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