by-product

See also: byproduct

English

Alternative forms

• byproduct
• bye-product (archaic)

Etymology

From by- +‎ product.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: biproduct

Noun

by-product (plural by-products)

1. Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
   • 1911, “History of English Agriculture”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

     It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer.

2. A consequence, especially a side effect.

   The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.

   • 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 92:

     One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.

Related terms

• waste product

Translations

secondary product

• Dutch: bijproduct (nl) n, nevenproduct (nl) n, (waste) afvalproduct n
• Finnish: sivutuote (fi)
• French: sous-produit (fr) m, co-produit (fr) m, produit dérivé m
• Georgian: თანაპროდუქტი (tanaṗrodukṭi), მეორადი პროდუქტი (meoradi ṗrodukṭi), თანმდევი პროდუქტი (tanmdevi ṗrodukṭi)
• German: Nebenprodukt (de) n, Beiprodukt n, Nachprodukt n, Teilprodukt n
• Greek: υποπροϊόν (el) n (ypoproïón)
• Icelandic: aukaafurð f
• Italian: sottoprodotto (it)
• Japanese: 副産物 (ja) (fukusanbutsu)
• Macedonian: нуспроизвод m (nusproizvod)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: biprodukt n

  Nynorsk: biprodukt n

• Portuguese: subproduto m
• Scottish Gaelic: far-stuth m
• Serbo-Croatian: nusproizvod (sh) m, nusprodukt m
• Swedish: biprodukt (sv) c
• Tagalog: yaga
• Turkish: yan ürün (tr)
• Ukrainian: побічний продукт m (pobičnyj produkt)
• Vietnamese: phụ phẩm (vi)

side effect

• Catalan: subproducte m
• Dutch: neveneffect (nl) n, bijverschijnsel (nl) n
• Finnish: sivuvaikutus (fi), sivutuote (fi)
• French: sous-produit (fr) m
• German: Nebenwirkung (de) f
• Greek: υποπροϊόν (el) n (ypoproïón), παρενέργεια (el) f (parenérgeia)
• Hebrew: תוצר לוואי (totzar levai)
• Italian: effetto collaterale
• Macedonian: нуспојава f (nuspojava)
• Portuguese: subproduto m
• Russian: побо́чный эффе́кт m (pobóčnyj effékt)
• Serbo-Croatian: nuspojava (sh) f
• Spanish: subproducto m
• Swedish: bieffekt (sv) c
• Turkish: yan etki (tr)

References

• by-product on Wikipedia.Wikipedia