output

[ out-poo t ]

/ 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

Related formssu·per·out·put, noun

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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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There are a great many other expenses that are not directly in proportion to output, and these follow the same rule.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898|Various
This assumes a loss of output of 15 per cent as compared with the estimate of 30 per cent quoted above.
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And this would but represent the output for a single day of only one of the great Bible circulating mediums of this country!
The Quiver, 2/1900|Various
And, in all departments of the factory, the output of work is constant and well ordered.
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Although it did not cry "Excelsior," its output of vocables might have been mistaken, by a casual ear, for that clarion call.
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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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Word Origin and History for output

output

1839, from out + put (v.). Till c.1880, a technical term in the iron and coal trade [OED]. The verb is attested from mid-14c., originally "to expel;" meaning "to produce" is from 1858.

Medicine definitions for output

output

[ out′put′ ]

n.

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

Science 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.

output

noun

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

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