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

At home, he has focused on ramping up "nation-building" projects that can improve Canada's economic output in the long term.

From BBC

Over the ensuing five years, her output was prodigious.

From BBC

It could be another month before output returns to normal.

From BBC

There are no questions about Mitchell's defensive abilities but one of the possible things that has led to Tuchel not calling him up is the perceived questions about his attacking output.

From BBC

The Senate has since adjourned, raising fears that the shutdown could drag on and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs as well as risk costing the US economy billions in lost output.

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Related Words

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• yield