(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.

plural of post-production

Mass production.

plural of factor of production

A manufacturing technique in which the product is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and in different batches.

(chemistry) The product of the concentrations of ions, each raised to the power specified by its stoichiometric coefficient in a solution of a salt.

(business) The production of one or a very small number of customized made-to-order goods for a single customer.

(group theory) A generalisation of direct product such that, in one of two equivalent definitions, only one of the subgroups involved is required to be a normal subgroup.

(mathematics) A formula used to find the derivatives of products of two or more functions: (f·g)'=f'·g+f·g',!

plural of pre-production