Definitions for factory
ˈfæk tə ri, -trifac·to·ry

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory(noun)

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. factory(Noun)

   A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

2. factory(Noun)

   The position or state of being a factor.

3. factory(Noun)

   A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

4. factory(Noun)

   A device which produces or manufactures something.

5. factory(Noun)

   In a computer program or library, a function or method which creates an object.

Origin: From factoria, from factor. Probably via a Romance language; compare Italian fattoria, Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria.

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1. Factory(noun)

   a house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers

2. Factory(noun)

   the body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory

3. Factory(noun)

   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

Origin: [Cf. F. factorerie.]

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1. Factory

   A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities. Factories may either make discrete products or some type of material continuously produced such as chemicals, pulp and paper or refined oil products. Factories manufacturing chemicals are often called plants and may have most of their equipment, consisting of tanks, pressure vessels, chemical reactors and pumps and piping located outdoors and are operated by personnel in control rooms. Oil refineries are similar to chemical plants in that most equipment is outdoors.

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1. factory

   The factory symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the factory symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2314

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1900

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'factory' in Nouns Frequency: #747

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of factory in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of factory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of factory in a Sentence

1. Thomas Weber:

   We need more than only one battery factory.

2. Karen Axelrod:

   Everyone becomes a 5-year-old on a factory tour.

3. Wu Wei:

   Going to class feels like going to work in a factory.

4. Nadiya Savchenko:

   Not one chocolate factory has been turned into a bullet factory.

5. Walter Landor:

   Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.

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