different between product vs downcycle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductus, perfect participle of pr?d?c?, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• (General American) enPR: pr?d??kt, IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• Hyphenation: prod?uct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product (countable and uncountable, plural products)

1. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

2. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

3. Anything that is produced; a result.
   1. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

   3. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   5. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

   6. (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   7. Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
4. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

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See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To produce.
   • 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances (page 498)

     The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) produkt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: pro?duct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje n)

1. product

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: produk
• ? Indonesian: produk

English

Etymology 1

Blend of down +? recycle.

Verb

downcycle (third-person singular simple present downcycles, present participle downcycling, simple past and past participle downcycled)

1. (transitive) To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of lower quality and reduced functionality.

Antonyms

• upcycle

Hypernyms

• recycle

Etymology 2

down +? cycle.

Noun

downcycle (plural downcycles)

1. A period of a cycle where something is decreasing or deteriorating.

Alternative forms

• down-cycle

Antonyms

• upcycle

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