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adj. (Biol.) same as young-bearing.
Syn. -- young-bearing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Economics) The increase in total cost of production as a result of producing one more unit of output; since certain ovrhead costs are fixed, the marginal cost is almost aways less than the total per-unit cost of production averaged over all units produced.
Syn. -- incremental cost, differential cost. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To produce on a large scale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Produced in large quantity, often by automated or assembly-line techniques. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem., Biochem.) A chemical substance produced by a living organism; -- a term used commonly in reference to chemical substances found in nature that have distinctive pharmacological effects. Such a substance is considered a natural product even if it can be prepared by total synthesis. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) That branch of chemistry which deals with the isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and study of the chemical characteristics of chemical substances produced by living organisms. [ PJC ]

n. A failure to produce or exhibit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not directly productive; as, nonproductive labor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Physics) The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle, such as an electron and positron, from a photon; -- usually due to its interaction with the strong field near a nucleus. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pan- + Gr. pro` forward + da`ktylos finger. ] (Zool.) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gael. & Ir. brod goad, prickle, sting, and E. brad, also W. procio to poke, thrust. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prodded p. pr. & vb. n. Prodding. ] To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crossbow. See Prod, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive; cf. F. prodigue. See Agent. ] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

In fighting fields [ patriots ] were prodigal of blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See Profuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift. “Noble prodigals of life.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prodigalité, L. prodigalitas. See Prodigal. ] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.“The prodigality of his wit.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expend lavishly. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows;
Our paths with flowers she prodigally strows. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To squander. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prodigentia, fr. prodigens, p. pr. of prodigere. See Prodigal. ] Waste; profusion; prodigality. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [ Obs. or R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. “Prodigious might.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. [ Colloq. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Prodigies [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. [ 1913 Webster ]

So many terrors, voices, prodigies,
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. proditio, from prodere to give forth, betray: cf. OF. prodition. ] Disclosure; treachery; treason. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A traitor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. proditoire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt to make unexpected revelations. [ Obs. ] “Nature is proditorious.” Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Treacherous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; running before; &unr_; before + &unr_; to run: cf. F. prodrome. ] 1. A forerunner; a precursor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A premonitory symptom; a symptom or sensation experienced by a person which presages the onset of a disease or abnormal physiological event; as, the prodrome of an epileptic seizure. [ PJC ]

a. Precursory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A prodrome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Produced p. pr. & vb. n. Producing ] [ L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See Duke. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Produce your cause, saith the Lord. Isa. xli. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] produce prodigious births of body or mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest jurist his country had produced. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Production. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. producens, p. pr. ] One who produces, or offers to notice. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Iron & Steel Manuf.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Horse Racing) A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described at the time of entry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Polit. Econ.) Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; -- called also instrumental goods, auxiliary goods, intermediate goods, or goods of the second and higher orders, and disting. from consumers' goods. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Polit. Econ.) Any profit above the normal rate of interest and wages accruing to a producer on account of some monopoly (temporary or permanent) of the means or materials of production; -- called also . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality or state of being producible. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended. -- Pro*du"ci*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. productus, p. pr. of producere. See Produce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are the product
Of those ill-mated marriages. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Produce; production; fruit; result; effect; consequence; outcome; work; performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To produce; to bring forward. “Producted to . . . examination.” [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lengthen out; to extend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He that doth much . . . products his mortality. Hackett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To produce; to make. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being productible; producibility. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]