Etimology
From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). See produce.
noun
production (countable and uncountable, plural productions)
The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.]
The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration. [from 15th c.]
The act of being produced.
The total amount produced.
The presentation of a theatrical work.
An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
(zoology) An extension or protrusion.
(computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
(programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
(Scots law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
(linguistics) Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
Examples
The widget making machine is being used for production now.
I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
The widgets are coming out of production now.
They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
We went to a production of Hamlet.
He made a simple meal into a huge production.
This is the final production model.
Each production is implemented with a function.
production environment
live production database