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. Compare input ( def 4 ).
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)

, out·put·ted or out·put, out·put·ting.

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 calledoutturn 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 tax

   output device

   output signal

verb

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

output

/ out′pt′ /

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 Words From

• super·output noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of output¹

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put

Example Sentences

“Lumens are a measure of total light output,” says Applegate.

From Outside Online

Tesla started production of the Model 3 in the second half of 2017, but it took the company months to ramp up output.

From Fortune

It appears that the photosynthesis machinery evolved not for maximum efficiency but rather for an optimally smooth and reliable output.

From Quanta Magazine

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.

From Singularity Hub 

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.

From Singularity Hub 

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.

From The Daily Beast

Eventually, their output is worth five times that much to those who transport it globally.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, the output of this cinematic tradition has been mostly male-dominated.

From The Daily Beast

But a recently purchased automated bottling line has increased their output to sixty cases per hour.

From The Daily Beast

The output of CO2 by industrialization and other human activities—also rising, also measured.

From The Daily Beast

In proportion as the quantity produced is increased the lower must the price be set in order to sell the whole output.

From Project Gutenberg

The output of the Boston Company's mine, according to the authority just cited, is about 400 tons per annum.

From Project Gutenberg

The output of this is not large, but the quality was very good, and this in consequence is no doubt a very paying mine.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the demand for agricultural commodities has increased, the output per worker in agriculture has increased more rapidly.

From Project Gutenberg

Virginia furnishes approximately 3% of the total annual output of this product in the United States.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amount
• crop
• gain
• harvest
• manufacturing
• product
• production
• productivity
• profit
• yield