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

Following a washout period, they were asked to make diagnoses again, this time using the model's output as a reference.

From Science Daily

The team's pioneering approach also integrates broadband, high-frequency modulation of the OPO output, which allows the enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio, providing even greater detection precision.

From Science Daily

Global production is currently dominated by West Africa, where Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana between them produce more than half of the world's annual output.

From BBC

Enumerating the areas of his curiosity alone could take four hours, so the focus here is more on his output, whose scope and impact are singular even now.

From New York Times

“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

Related Words

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