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Noun: output  'awt,pût
  1. Final product; the things produced
    "The output of their research was a new cancer treatment";
    - end product
     
  2. Production of a certain amount
    "The factory's daily output exceeded expectations";
    - yield
     
  3. What is produced in a given time period
    "The factory's monthly output exceeded expectations";
    - outturn, turnout
     
  4. The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
    "output was up in the second quarter";
    - yield, production
     
  5. Signal that comes out of an electronic system
    "The output signal from the amplifier drove the speakers";
    - output signal
Verb: output (output,outputting, also outputted)  'awt,pût
  1. To create or manufacture a specific amount
    "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running"

Derived forms: outputting, output, outputted, outputs

Type of: create, indefinite quantity, make, produce, product, production, sign, signal, signaling [N. Amer], signalling [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Output