factory

Definition of factory in English English dictionary: A building or other place where manufacturing takes place; The position or state of being a factor; A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country; A device which produces or manufactures something; In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object; {n} a body, or place of merchant-agents, a manufactory; The Griff sequencer (and the sampler) make extensive use of Factories to generate new items (Sections, Patterns, Notes) The Factories are buttons; A bean that dynamically creates instances of beans; A type of object in Keykos that produces discreet objects (q v ); factory stub; Any CORBA object that returns an object reference to other CORBA objects A factory is located in the server application; n pabrik; A general term used to describe an object that creates other objects; A building or group of buildings where goods are made or manufactured; (Java) A nonvisual bean capable of dynamically creating new instances of a specified bean; In general, an object that constructs other objects In Twisted, a Factory usually refers to a twisted internet protocol Factory, which constructs Protocol instances for incoming or outgoing connections See Writing Servers and Writing Clients; A nonvisual bean capable of dynamically creating new instances of a specified bean; A concept that provides a service for creating new objects [OMG]; Same as class object; a building or a group of buildings where products are made; A class, metaphorically, for its instances; a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing; A building within which manufacturing takes place; A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory; A factory is a large building where machines are used to make large quantities of goods. He owned furniture factories in New York State. W2S2 factories a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines. Structure in which work is organized to meet the need for production on a large scale usually with power-driven machinery. In the 17th-18th century, the domestic system of work in Europe began giving way to larger units of production, and capital became available for investment in industrial enterprises. The movement of population from country to city also contributed to change in work methods. Mass production, which transformed the organization of work, came about by the development of the machine-tool industry. With precision equipment, large numbers of identical parts could be produced at low cost and with a small workforce. The assembly line was first widely used in the U.S. meat-packing industry; Henry Ford designed an automobile assembly line in 1913. By mid-1914, chassis assembly time had fallen from 12 1 2 man-hours to 93 man-minutes. Some countries, particularly in Asia and South America, began industrializing in the 1970s and later. See also American System of manufacture; A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers; A place where manufacturing takes place; The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory; {i} building in which products are manufactured; any location which mass-produces one type of product (can be used figuratively); dog
Factory Mutual Research: Former name of FM Approvals
factory farm: A very large, factory-style farm in which many animals are confined at high stocking density
factory reset: A full restore of an electronic device, such as a PDA or a mobile phone, to its original settings
factory team: a team that is wholly or substantially owned and run by (or on behalf of) a car manufacturer, either by an in house organisation or an associated company
factory-backed: Wholly or substantially supported by financial or technical backing from a car manufacturer, but not necessarily contracted to it
factory farming: Battery farming (or factory farming in the USA) is the practice of large numbers of animals in confined conditions in order to produce high outputs and low costs. However, meat quality is often lower. Food companies love it; it creates high profits at small costs and is highly efficient. Animal activists hate it; they argue it is cruel and degrading for the animals and want it stopped
factory farming: Factory farming is the process of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density, where a farm operates as a business — a practice typical in industrial farming by agribusinesses.The main products of this industry are meat, milk and eggs for human consumption
factory acts: labor law
factory configuration: manufacturer's configuration, configuration determined by the manufacturer
factory farm: agribusiness: a large-scale farming enterprise
factory farming: large-scale, industrialized agriculture
factory farming: A square indicates that the company: i) is a factory farmer of meat, poultry (broilers and eggs), fish or fur, or ii) manufactures or supplies intensive farming equipment such as battery cages, beak trimmers, pig crates, or iii) supplies breeding stock, or iv) sells or processes meat, poultry (broilers & eggs) or fur that is not labelled as free range or organic A half square represents a lesser degree of involvement relative to the other companies on the table
factory farming: extensive and intensive industrialized raising of animals (livestock, poultry and fish)
factory farming: Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk. a type of farming in which animals are kept inside, in small spaces or small cages, and made to grow or produce eggs very quickly farm. System of modern animal farming designed to yield the most meat, milk, and eggs in the least amount of time and space possible. The term, descriptive of standard farming practice in the U.S., is frequently used by animal-rights activists, who maintain that animal-protection measures routinely ignore farm animals. Animals are often fed growth hormones, sprayed with pesticides, and fed antibiotics to mitigate the problems of infestation and disease that are exacerbated by crowded living conditions. Chickens spend their lives crowded into small cages, often so tightly that they cannot turn around; the cages are stacked in high batteries, and the length of "day" and "night" are artificially controlled to maximize egg laying. Veal calves are virtually immobilized in narrow stalls for their entire lives. These and numerous other practices have long been decried by critics
factory farming: intensive rearing of poultry or animals for food
factory floor: The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work. He had worked on the factory floor for 16 years. a) the area in a factory where goods are made b) the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers on the factory floor
factory outlet: A factory outlet is a shop where a factory sells damaged or out-of-date goods directly to customers at reduced prices
factory outlet showroom: room where a factory's products are displayed
factory price: price charged for goods picked up at the factory
factory ship: a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea
factory ship: A factory ship is a large fishing boat which has equipment for processing the fish that are caught, for example by cleaning or freezing them, before it returns to port. An ocean vessel equipped to process fish or other marine animals, especially as seafood
factory ship: {i} large fishing vessel that can process and freeze its own catch as it has all the equipment needed; ship engaged in whale fishing that has all the necessary equipment to process the killed whales and carry the oil and whale products at sea
factory whistle: a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work
factory worker: a workman in a mill or factory
factory-made: produced in quantity at a factory
arms factory: a factory where weapons are produced
dark factory: A factory with no human labor
dream factory: A film studio
gargle-factory: bar, pub, a place for drinking
sausage factory: the process of creating news - "You wouldn't want to see how it's created," referring to the job of pursuing stories, sources and research
sausage factory: A facility producing sausage meat products
sausage factory: An unappealing process to generate something familiar
sausage factory: Dealing and compromise done behind the scenes to enact legislation
sausage factory: A party or gathering with few to no women present
focused factory: (Ticaret) A production facility dedicated to the manufacture of a single product line or family, and whose process and support systems have been optimized strictly for that group
advance factory: authorized factory, certified manufacturing site
automobile factory: a factory where automobiles are manufactured
factories: plural of factory
giggle factory: (Slang) hospital for the mentally ill
glass factory: factory that manufactures glass
oil factory: factory where oil is manufactured

factory

Hyphenation

fac·to·ry

Turkish pronunciation

fäktıri

Synonyms

manufactory, branch, cooperative, firm, forge, foundry, industry, laboratory, machine shop, mill, mint, salt mines, shop, sweatshop, warehouse

Pronunciation

/ˈfaktərē/ /ˈfæktɜriː/

Etymology

[ 'fak-t(&-)rE ] (noun.) 1582. From Medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor. Probably via a Romance language; compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.