Manufacture
Manufacture
Manufacture (/ˌmanjʊˈfæktʃər/; from Latin manu factus, "made by hand") is the production of goods for use or sale, using labor and machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary industry. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from primary industry are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.
Etymology
The term manufacture comes from the Latin words manus (hand) and factus (make). As such, it originally referred to anything made by hand. In time, the term came to refer to the making of items on a larger scale, often with the use of machines.
Related Terms
- Industrial Design: The process of designing products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.
- Secondary Industry: The sector of the economy that manufactures finished goods.
- Primary Industry: This sector of the economy extracts or harvests products from the earth.
- Mass Production: The manufacture of large quantities of standardized products.
- Handicraft: Items made by hand, often with the use of simple tools.
Pronunciation
- UK: /ˌman.jʊˈfæk.tʃər/
- US: /ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃɚ/
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Manufacture
- Wikipedia's article - Manufacture
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