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OUTPUT

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Irregular inflected forms: outputted    , outputting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Production of a certain amount

Synonyms:

output; yield

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("output" is a kind of...):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "output"):

crop; harvest (the yield from plants in a single growing season)

Derivation:

output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Final product; the things produced

Synonyms:

end product; output

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("output" is a kind of...):

product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "output"):

crop (the output of something in a season)

body of work; oeuvre; work (the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it))

turning (the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe)

Derivation:

output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)

Sense 3

Meaning:

What is produced in a given time period

Synonyms:

output; outturn; turnout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("output" is a kind of...):

product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "output"):

throughput (output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time))

Derivation:

output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Signal that comes out of an electronic system

Synonyms:

output; output signal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("output" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "output"):

printout (the output of a computer in printed form)

read-out; readout (the output of a computer in readable form)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

Example:

production was up in the second quarter

Synonyms:

output; production; yield

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("output" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "output"):

pick; picking (the quantity of a crop that is harvested)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To create or manufacture a specific amount

Example:

the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "output" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

output (production of a certain amount)

output (final product; the things produced)

output (what is produced in a given time period)

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 Context examples: 

It is the lowest measured energetic output for any mammal.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)

The research shows that anther rubbing causes self‑pollen deposition on stigmas and is sufficient to achieve maximal reproductive output, with values similar to those achieved by artificial pollination or outcrossing fertilization.

(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)

In humans, however, he recommends melatonin treatment as a complementary weight loss strategy alongside an energy restricted diet and increased energy output in the form of physical activity.

(Study confirms melatonin helps burn calories and curbs weight gain, University of Granada)

An electrocardiographic finding of the presence of cardiac electrical rhythm without a proper response of the myocardial tissue and mechanical cardiac output.

(Electromechanical Dissociation by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Such galactic outflows are driven by the huge energy output from the active and turbulent centres of galaxies.

(Stars Born in Winds from Supermassive Black Holes, ESO)

This pharmacological action results in excretion of these ions, increased urinary output, and reduction in extracellular fluid.

(Ethacrynic Acid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Exaprolol competitively binds to and blocks beta-adrenergic receptors in the heart and vascular smooth muscle, thereby causing negative chronotropic and inotropic effects leading to a reduction in cardiac output.

(Exaprolol, NCI Thesaurus)

All his creative output had been flung to the public in one magnificent sweep.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In any organism health constitutes a form of homeostasis with inputs and outputs of energy and mass in approximate equilibrium allowing for growth and continued survival.

(Health, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result endogenous pituitary output of FSH and LH is shut down.

(Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)