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output

American  
[out-poot] / ˈaʊtˌpʊt /

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.

  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)

outputted, output, outputting

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

  2. to produce; turn out.

output British  
/ ˈaʊtˌpʊt /

noun

  1. the act of production or manufacture

  2. Also called: outturn.  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 signal

    output device

    output tax
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
output Scientific  
/ 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 Word Forms

  • superoutput noun

Etymology

Origin of output

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put

Example Sentences

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Professor David Bailey from Birmingham Business School said there was a "low volume crisis" in the UK car industry at the moment, with output at a 70-year low.

From BBC

"Prices will respond to developments in the Gulf and the status of shipping flows, not to a relatively small increase in output."

From Barron's

Analysts had expected the Saudi Arabia-led cartel to agree Sunday to boost output from April.

From The Wall Street Journal

Liverpool have now restored their know-how when it comes to winning football matches - be that through late winners, gutsy displays on the road or simply improving their output from set-pieces.

From BBC

OPEC+ countries are scheduled to hold their monthly meeting Sunday, and producers could choose to increase output to calm markets.

From Barron's

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