output

[ out-poot ]

/ ˈaʊtˌpʊt /

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noun

the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.

the quantity or amount produced, as in a given time: to increase one's daily output.

the material produced or yield; product.

the current, voltage, power, or signal produced by an electrical or electronic circuit or device.Compare input (def. 4).

Computers.

information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.
the process of transferring data from internal storage to an external medium, as paper or microfilm.

the power or force produced by a machine.

verb (used with or without object), out·put·ted or out·put, out·put·ting.

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

to produce; turn out.

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Origin of output

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put

OTHER WORDS FROM output

su·per·out·put, noun

Words nearby output

outpost, outpour, outpouring, out-process, outpull, output, outrace, outrage, outrageous, Outram, outrance

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How to use output in a sentence

“Lumens are a measure of total light output,” says Applegate.
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Tesla started production of the Model 3 in the second half of 2017, but it took the company months to ramp up output.
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It appears that the photosynthesis machinery evolved not for maximum efficiency but rather for an optimally smooth and reliable output.
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Connections are not neatly divided into layers and feature many feedback loops that means the output of a neuron often ends up impacting its input somewhere down the line.
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Depending on the size and nature of an AI’s input data, its output will look pretty different from that of a similar system, and a big part of the difference will be due to the people that created and trained the AIs.
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World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
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Eventually, their output is worth five times that much to those who transport it globally.
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Of course, the output of this cinematic tradition has been mostly male-dominated.
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But a recently purchased automated bottling line has increased their output to sixty cases per hour.
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The output of CO2 by industrialization and other human activities—also rising, also measured.
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In proportion as the quantity produced is increased the lower must the price be set in order to sell the whole output.
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The output of the Boston Company's mine, according to the authority just cited, is about 400 tons per annum.
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The output of this is not large, but the quality was very good, and this in consequence is no doubt a very paying mine.
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Although the demand for agricultural commodities has increased, the output per worker in agriculture has increased more rapidly.
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Virginia furnishes approximately 3% of the total annual output of this product in the United States.
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British Dictionary definitions for output

output

/ (ˈaʊtˌpʊt) /

noun

the act of production or manufacture

Also called: outturn the amount produced, as in a given perioda high weekly output

the material produced, manufactured, yielded, etc

electronics

the power, voltage, or current delivered by a circuit or component
the point at which the signal is delivered

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

computing

the information produced by a computer
the operations and devices involved in producing this informationSee also input/output

(modifier) of or relating to electronic, computer, or other outputoutput signal; output device; output tax

verb -puts, -putting, -put or -putted (tr)

computing to cause (data) to be emitted as output

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Medical definitions for output

output

[ out′put′ ]

The amount produced, ejected, or excreted by an entity during a specified time.

Scientific definitions for output

output

[ out′put′ ]

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

The information that a computer produces by processing a specific input. Compare input device.

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