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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Production \Pro*duc"tion\, n. [L. productio a lengthening,
     prolonging: cf. F. production. See {Produce}. ]
     1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or
        exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of
        a witness.
  
     2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether
        naturally, or by the application of intelligence and
        labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions
        of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
  
     3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
  
     Syn: Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  production
       n 1: (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something
            (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced
            more efficient methods of production"
       2: a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or
          television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
       3: the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's
          production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of
          white blood cells"
       4: an artifact that has been created by someone or some
          process; "they improve their product every year"; "they
          export most of their agricultural production" [syn: {product}]
       5: (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the
          appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
       6: the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created
          (usually within a given period of time); "production was
          up in the second quarter" [syn: {output}, {yield}]
       7: a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she
          tends to make a big production out of nothing"
       8: the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and
          services

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