I. ˈau̇t-ˌpu̇t noun
Date: circa 1858
1. : something produced: as
a. : mineral, agricultural, or industrial production
steel output
b. : mental or artistic production
literary output
c. : the amount produced by a person in a given time
d. : power or energy produced or delivered by a machine or system (as for storage or for conversion in kind or in characteristics)
generator output
solar X-ray output
e. : the information produced by a computer
2. : the act, process, or an instance of producing
3. : the terminal for the output on an electrical device
II. transitive verb
( out·put·ted or output ; out·put·ting )
Date: 1858
: to produce as output