By-product (Noun)
Meaning 1
A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The stressful lifestyle led to insomnia, a by-product of working long hours in a high-pressure job.
- Rising fuel prices are a by-product of global conflicts that disrupt the oil supply chain.
- Noise pollution in the city is a by-product of increased industrial and transportation activities.
- The high divorce rate can be seen as a by-product of the social changes that took place in the last century.
- Air travel emissions are a by-product of increasing tourism and global travel.
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Meaning 2
A product made during the manufacture of something else.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Coal tar, a by-product of coke production, has numerous applications in medicine and manufacturing.
- Pine tar is a by-product of pine wood and can be used in soaps and roofing.
- Rayon production involves creating synthetic fibers, but its main by-product is also being developed as biodegradable fabrics.
- Coal is heated and broken down in furnaces and generates water gas, coal gas and tar, some as valuable by-products and other in value to dispose.
- Cellulose was being examined at various works including creating glue where major components contained considerable additional elements due mainly that then itself ends and what developed created vinegar itself their large by-product.