Means of production are media, which are necessary for the production and/or manufacturing of certain products, are not received materially into the respective final products and are recurring used and/or used in appropriate production processes. To means of production e.g. belong. Building, traffic and effective areas, technical plants, machines, devices, tools and the associated technical procedures.

Into means of production with reference to the production processes, for which they are intended, already first work flowed, which was saved for later application in enriched form. Contrary to the "“alive work"” in means of production "“the work Potenzial represents work"”, which humans use by means of "“alive work"” more or less appropriately and thereby activated.

Other definitions from "“the capital"” by Karl Marx

(Deviating from the original text the terms concerned are here emphasized.)

• "“All things, which the work detaches only of its direct connection with the earthwhole, are of nature vorgefundne work articles. So the fish"…"” MEW 23, P. 193 (capital volume I)

• "“The medium is a thing or a complex of things, those the worker between itself and the work article pushes and it as a director/conductor of its activity on this article serves."” MEW 23, P. 194 (capital volume I)

• "“One regards the whole process of the point of view of its result, the product, then appear both, media and work article, as means of production and the work as productive work."” MEW 23, P. 196 (capital volume I)

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