output

[out-poot]

noun

1. the act of turning out; production.

   the factory's output of cars; artistic output.

2. the quantity or amount produced, as in a given time.

   to increase one's daily output.

3. the material produced or yield; product.

4. the current, voltage, power, or signal produced by an electrical or electronic circuit or device.

5. Computers.

   1. information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.

   2. the process of transferring data from internal storage to an external medium, as paper or microfilm.

6. the power or force produced by a machine.

verb (used with or without object)

outputted, output, outputting. 

1. Computers.,  to transfer (information) from internal storage to an external medium.

2. to produce; turn out.

output

/ ˈaʊtˌpʊt /

noun

1. the act of production or manufacture

2. Also called: outturn. the amount produced, as in a given period

   a high weekly output

3. the material produced, manufactured, yielded, etc

4. electronics

   1. the power, voltage, or current delivered by a circuit or component

   2. the point at which the signal is delivered

5. the power, energy, or work produced by an engine or a system

6. computing

   1. the information produced by a computer

   2. the operations and devices involved in producing this information See also input/output

7. (modifier) of or relating to electronic, computer, or other output

   output signal

   output device

   output tax

verb

1. computing to cause (data) to be emitted as output

output

1. The energy, power, or work produced by a system or device.

2. The information that a computer produces by processing a specific input.

3. Compare input device

Other Word Forms

• superoutput noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of output¹

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put

Example Sentences

Britain's car output slumped for a second month running in October as a cyberattack halted production at Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover, industry data showed Friday.

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By replenishing these tiny energy producers, the method can restore energy output to previous levels and greatly improve the overall health of the cells.

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In the third quarter, Mexico’s GDP contracted 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms from the second quarter, led by a drop in industrial output, and was down 0.2% from the year-earlier quarter.

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Floods have yet to significantly affect palm oil output, though risks may rise if conditions worsen in major producing states, it adds.

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Its debt must also be falling as a share of economic output by that time.

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• yield