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Date "BYPRODUCT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | Byproduct is (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in, or made radioactive by, exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or using special nuclear material (as in a reactor); and (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from ore (see 10 CFR 20.1003). (references) |
Mining | A secondary or additional product; e.g., gallium is commercially recoveredfrom the processing of bauxite to alumina. See also:coproduct. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BYPRODUCT |
| English words defined with "BYPRODUCT": C-reactive protein, CRP. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BYPRODUCT": Anaerobic Digestion ♦ couronners ♦ Depleted uranium, DRIER OPERATOR ♦ flake mica, flaker operator ♦ licensed material, linseed fatty acid ♦ molybdenum mineral, MVA-REACTOR OPERATOR ♦ niter cake, Non-Contact Cooling Water ♦ Phosphogypsum Piles, porphyry copper deposit, Process Wastewater ♦ rollers ♦ scrap mica, Sealed source, silver minerals, STANDPIPE TENDER ♦ Waste-Heat Recovery, Wilputte oven. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Closing the purse seine. This picture of early tuna purse seining operations illustrates that often dolphins and other marine mammals were caught as a byproduct of tuna fishing. Today, efforts are made to minimize the harm to marine mammal species during tuna purse seining operations. Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Free radicals are produced as a byproduct of normal metabolism. (references) | |
One study showed that a byproduct of ketosis called beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) inhibits seizures in animals. (references) | ||
For example, a drug might improve the heart's pumping ability, open clogged arteries, and prevent tissue damage from free radicals, a byproduct of the body's metabolic processes. (references) | ||
Children | Palau | While children's rights generally are respected, there were reports of several instances of child neglect, which is a byproduct of the breakdown of the extended family. (references) |
Economic History | Malaysia | There is potential for using byproduct gas and landfill gas. (references) |
Nigeria | At present, most of the gas is flared as a byproduct of oil exploration, but this should soon change to meet supply demands of the West African Pipeline and those of rehabilitated - power-generating facilities. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BYPRODUCT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BYPRODUCT" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
byproduct cheese making | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BYPRODUCT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 副产物 (By-product). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vedlejší produkt (by product), prùvodní jev. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ildfast biprodukt (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vuurvast bijprodukt (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sous-produit de nature réfractaire (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nebenprodukt (by product, spin-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραπροϊόντα πυρίμαχης φύσης (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוצר לואי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | melléktermék (by product, secondary product). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sottoprodotto refrattario (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 副"物 (side line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふくさ"ぶつ (side line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부산물 (By-product). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yproductbay subproduto (spinoff). (various references) побочный продукт (attendee, by product, by-product). (various references) producto secundario de naturaleza refractaria (byproduct of refractory nature). (various references) biprodukt (by product, spin-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BYPRODUCT": byproducts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BYPRODUCT" (pronounced bī"prÄdukt) |
| 4 | -d u k t | misconduct, product, viaduct. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-o-p-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: product. | |
-3 letters: croupy, crypto, outcry. | |
-4 letters: borty, corby, court, coypu, croup, crypt, curdy, dorty, doubt, dropt, duroc, outby, pouty, proud, roupy, turbo, updry. | |
-5 letters: body, bort, bout, brut, buoy, burd, burp, bury, copy, cord, cory, coup, crop, crud, curb, curd, curt, doby, dopy, dorp, dory, doty, dour, drop, drub, duct, duro, duty, orby, port. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d-o-p-r-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: byproducts. | |
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