NOUN
- a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
How To Use by-product In A Sentence
- Turquoise, originally considered a mere by-product of copper mining, was vigorously promoted by Waddell's father, B.C.
- Dioxins, and furans, are chemical compounds generated as by-products of most forms of combustion, particularly of plastics and rubber.
- The flake mica produced in the U.S. comes from several sources: the metamorphic rock called schist as a by-product of processing feldspar and kaolin resources, from placer deposits, and from pegmatites. Mica
- Introspective interiorization and psychological subtlety are the inevitable by-products. The Times Literary Supplement
- The U.S. imposed the ban on all Canadian ruminant products and by-products in May, following the discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, on a farm in Alberta.
- But the process of disinfecting water with chlorine and chloramines and other types of disinfectants generates a class of compounds in the water that are called disinfection by-products. Disinfectants Used To Purify Water Create Toxic By-Products | Impact Lab
- Such experiences are not accidental by-products of complicated physical structures.
- Many materials are already in use or in development, including wood waste, sewage cake, agricultural by-products and waste from the food processing industry.
- It is a flare, burning gas from deep under the ground, a by-product of the pumping of oil.
- The term "naturally raised" is another USDA term that says the animals were not fed any animal by-products, growth hormones or antibiotics. Maria Rodale: How to Buy Grass-fed Meats