noun / verb
output
What a person, machine, or process produces, or to produce it.
The factory increases its output to meet the growing demand.
Etymology
The compound names what is put out. It covers the products, information, or work emerging from a person, machine, or process.
More examples
- Her creative output includes paintings, poems, and short stories.
- The program outputs the results as a table.
- Cloudy weather reduces the solar panels' power output.
Forms
output · outputs · outputted · outputting
Similar words
- production
- Often emphasizes the process of making things, not just results.
- yield
- Emphasizes the usable amount obtained from a resource or process.
- product
- Often identifies an individual result rather than total production.