Definition: production

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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: the amount of 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"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.