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 device

   output signal

   output tax

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

“With careers collapsing and organisations struggling to keep afloat, artists are increasingly having to leave the industry completely, and arts organisations are diminishing their output as they fight for survival,” she said.

From BBC

Canada is currently the world’s second largest producer of uranium, accounting for roughly 13% of the total global output, according to the Canadian government.

From BBC

With its rich resources, Canada’s mining companies see the country playing a major role in the future of nuclear energy, meeting a demand for uranium that is poised to rise after nearly two dozen countries committed in COP28 climate conference to tripling their nuclear energy output by 2050.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Cameco, which has been mining uranium in Saskatchewan since 1988 that supplies 30 nuclear reactors around the world, re-opened two of its mines in late 2022 to increase output.

From BBC

Judges have struggled even to define how copyright infringement principles apply to technology that doesn’t output exact copies of copyrighted works but “mimics” them — rather like how the beverage machine in Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” delivered “a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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