outputn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊtpʊt/, U.S.

/ˈaʊtˌpʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: output v.

Etymology: < output v.

†1. The place where material produced in a mine is brought to the surface (cf. note at sense 2a). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 812 There is for the most part, a building erected near the output of the mine, in which the breaking and picking of the ores are performed.

2. gen.

a. That which is produced in an industry or process; the amount of this.Originally a technical or local term of ironworks, mines, etc.; apparently not in general dictionaries until the last quarter of the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production

generationa1382

engenderinga1400

outbearinga1425

productionc1450

produce1562

prolation1577

procreation1578

generating1579

edition1605

producement1613

elaboration1617

flowering1634

pullulation1641

factory1664

development1794

output1841

output1887

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > amount produced or manufactured

produce1650

supply1744

make1749

output1841

turn1870

production1878

turn-out1879

throughput1884

run1926

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a definite or specified quantity or amount > specific quantities or amounts > produced or obtained

output1841

yield1924

1841 Statist. Acct. Lanarkshire 648 The output [of iron ore] on Rochsilloch alone is 4500 tons per month.

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 285 The copper out-put remains substantially as it was last year.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 34 Dislocation of other factories depending on the Billancourt output.

1971 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 24 Sept. 524/1 The United Kingdom is the planned market for 80% of the output.

1989 Econ. Affairs Apr.–May 11/2 The National Income..is the sum of the outputs of workers and salary earners who produce both goods and services.

b. In extended use: that which is produced by mental effort, artistic endeavour, etc.

ΚΠ

1879 E. Dowden Southey vii. 194 It is the out-put of a large and vigorous mind.

1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains x. 285 Such an income as a clerk will earn with a tenth..of your nervous output.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 427/1 A very important section of Parsons's artistic output is formed by his work as a book-illustrator.

1959 C. Singer Short Hist. Sci. Ideas iv. 116 This drug book [of Pliny's] is the prototype of the medical output of the next fifteen hundred years.

1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 25/1 Given his erratic, often muddled output since the masterwork, folks were beginning to wonder if he hadn't artistically ‘lost it’.

c. Physiology. Waste matter excreted from the body through the lungs, skin, and kidneys; the amount of this. Hence (also in Ecology): the amount of a nutrient, waste product, or other substance which leaves or is expelled from an organism or other biological system.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [noun]

flux1382

superfluitya1398

outwaxing?1541

excrement1565

recrement1578

profluvium1603

redeliverage1612

evacuation1625

excretion1630

staxis1745

egesta1787

rejectments1818

rejectamenta1834

rejection1838

excreta1857

excretes1883

output1883

ejecta1890

1883 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 4) ii. v. 446 The output [1877–9 outcome] may be regarded as consisting of (1) the respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal,..(2) of perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts..and (3) of the urine.

1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 1883–4 36 17 Unless the exertion be very severe the phosphates are not increased, whilst the output of sulphates is distinctly increased in every case.

1955 Q. Rev. Biol. 30 126/1 After removal of the tumor, the output of urinary catechol amines decreases to normal.

1989 Ecology 70 578/2 We allowed 2–3 d[ays] for equilibrium to each diet followed by 5 d[ays] of measurement of intake and output.

d. Energy or power produced by a machine; the quantity of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > input or output

output1884

input1902

1884 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery vii. 113 The result is an extraordinary increase in the ‘output’, or, as Sir William Thomson terms it, ‘activity’ (i.e. amount of work done per second) of the machine.

1886 F. Walker (title) Practical dynamo-building for amateurs. How to wind for any output.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 574/2 The useful return or ‘output’ at the terminals of a large machine may amount to as much as 95 per cent. of the mechanical energy which forms the ‘input’.

1976 Gramophone June 116/3 Using the Bruel and Kjaer wave analyser to measure separate harmonics..suggested even lower figures: 0.048% at full output, 0.038% at −20dB and 0.074% at −30dB.

1995 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. Autumn–Winter 735/2 Flavel Regent living flame effect gas fire. Radiates and convects heat efficiently with a maximum output of 3.5kW.

e. Computing. Data or results produced by a computer. Also: the physical medium on which these are represented.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > result of

output1941

read-out1967

1941 Jrnl. Math. & Physics 20 340 The dependent variables must appear either as the output of adders or integrators.

1964 F. L. Westwater Electronic Computers vi. 105 Quite sophisticated computers use punched cards as a supplementary output.

1995 Computers & Humanities 29 365/2 Neither program requires indexing of texts prior to analysis and both produce output that is easily comprehended by non-specialists.

f. Linguistics. The result of the application of lexical, grammatical, phonological, or other rules. Cf. input n. 2f.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > output of linguistic rule

output1961

target1970

1961 H. A. Gleason Introd. Descr. Ling. (rev. ed.) xii. 173 It is normally stated in the form of rules which may be applied to one of the pair—an input—altering it to produce the other—an output.

1969 W. A. Cook Introd. Tagmemic Analysis ii. 42 With kernel sentences as input, it is possible to set up a series of optional rules that will produce the output, the derived sentences.

1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 139 We can represent the output of the realization rules in the conventional way, partly by orthographic forms and partly by generalized morpheme-symbols such as -s.

1991 Appl. Linguistics 12 81 The output of every rule is resyllabified according to the syllable structure rules examined up to that point in the derivation.

3. The action or process of supplying or producing output (in various contexts); production, generation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production

generationa1382

engenderinga1400

outbearinga1425

productionc1450

produce1562

prolation1577

procreation1578

generating1579

edition1605

producement1613

elaboration1617

flowering1634

pullulation1641

factory1664

development1794

output1841

output1887

1887 Science 25 Feb. 194/2 On their ceaseless, rhythmic output of energy every living molecule of the body each moment derives benefit.

1909 Science 9 Apr. 589/1 Uric acid is an intermediary product, the output of which we associate with a balance between productive and destructive processes.

1919 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. (new ed.) II. xi. 208 The output is controlled by the control grid, which is between the filament and the heavier grid anode beyond.

1947 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 356 No means of numerical input or output other than the keyboard and the display panel are provided.

1959 J. Yates-Benyow Weak & Wicked x. 151 Other unfamiliar-sounding occupations necessary for the output of up-to-date off-the-peg clothing.

1991 Electronics World & Wireless World (BNC) Sept. 760 Each assembly language module can be considered as an object with a specific set of rules for data input and output.

4. An electrical signal delivered by or available from an electronic device; a place where, or device through which, such a signal is delivered by a system; a socket or outlet to which another device may be connected in order to make an output signal audible, visible, or otherwise usable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > input or output > place of

input1929

output1933

port1949

1933 Boys' Mag. 47 108/2 Connect pick-up to ‘input’ and loud speaker to ‘output’.

1946 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 100 A flip-flop has two inputs and two outputs.

1956 B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 57 The equipment used in studio control cubicles for selecting and mixing the outputs of the various microphones.

1989 Opera Now Aug. 69/4 The Systemline link..will operate from the tape outputs of almost any standard amplifier.

2002 Sound & Vision May 43/1 That sends deep bass to the sixth of the player's set of multichannel analog outputs, which is labeled ‘Subwoofer’.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

output circuit n.

ΚΠ

1915 Science 16 July 97/1 The affect [sic] of the following factors on the energy efficiency of rectification were determined:..E.M.F. of the input circuit, resistance in the output circuit, [etc.].

1987 A. K. Walton Network Anal. & Pract. (BNC) 239 It is helpful to adopt the Norton equivalent of the output circuit of the open-loop amplifier.

output device n.

ΚΠ

1929 K. Henney Princ. Radio xii. 281 Output devices are used to (1) keep d.c. current from the loud speaker winding; (2) Prevent serious loss in plate voltage; [etc.].

1992 PC Computing Apr. 66/1 (advt.) A personal output device that combines the best features of a desktop laser printer with the ability to produce large C-size drawings.

output impedance n.

ΚΠ

1930 J. A. Moyer & J. F. Wostrel Pract. Radio Constr. (ed. 2) iv. 54 The plate resistance..in the case of audio-frequency amplification may be considered as the output impedance.

1992 Everyday Electronics (BNC) June 383 As each servo may consume up to 1A when driving to a new position it is important that the supply has a very low output impedance.

output punch n.

ΚΠ

1954 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 246 472 The effect of programme A was to generate from the output punch of the machine a tape C of unlimited length.

1968 Statistician 18 405 This fault-finding program proved its worth when the logical circuits and the output punch were being checked.

output routine n.

ΚΠ

1954 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 8 32 It is necessary to combine the simple input or output orders of the machine with other orders in an input or output routine.

1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 43 Output routine, a routine which organizes the output process of a computer, e.g. starts the output equipment, presents data to it at suitable intervals of time, and specifies format.

1992 Operations Res. 40 328/2 Each of this sample of real problems..can be solved on a 3-MIPS machine in less than two minutes, including all input and output routines.

output stage n.

ΚΠ

1926 Wireless World 1 Sept. 317/2 If, however, we are not within five miles of a B.B.C. station, the value of extra low impedance in the output stage is unnecessary.

1962 J. H. Reyner & P. J. Reyner Radio Communication x. 409 Voltage feedback..has the effect of reducing the effective internal impedance of the output stage.

1992 Everyday Electronics (BNC) July 4/2 A series resistance is inserted between the phones and the output stage to reduce signal levels.

output transformer n.

ΚΠ

1928 Science 31 Aug. 210/2 It may be advisable under certain conditions to insert an output transformer between the output of the amplifier and the loudspeaker unit.

1968 L. G. Sands Easy Way to service Radio Receivers (1973) ii. 52 Between points 1 and 3 you should get a higher resistance reading... If not, the output transformer may be grounded.

1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 1088/3 (caption) These components are recognised industry-standard parts used for output transformer service in switched-mode power supplies.

output tube n.

ΚΠ

1929 J. H. Morecroft Elem. Radio Communication vii. 242 If the speaker is to use 100 milliwatts on the average,..the output tube should be drawing from its battery at least 10 watts.

1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 1614/1 The output tube of the micromanifold..was placed approximately 200μm from the cell.

output unit n.

ΚΠ

1935 Rev. Econ. Stud. 3 10 Each unit of input is allotted a share in the value of each output unit corresponding to its own accumulated value to the time when the output occurs.

1945 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 240 278 Curve-plotting output units.

1992 T. Portsmouth et al. In Tune with Heaven (BNC) 147 The size of a speaker does not dictate its efficiency and it is possible to use relatively small output units to good effect.

output valve n.

ΚΠ

1929 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 125 718 The change in anode current of the last or output valve deflects the recording instrument.

1942 Electronic Engin. 14 726 The stages in the receiver are covered in sequence from R.F. amplifiers to L.F. output valves.

b. In the sense ‘constituting output’.

output current n.

ΚΠ

1920 H. J. Van der Bijl Thermionic Vacuum Tube vii. 168 This would produce distortion since the output current is not an exact reproduction of the input.

1991 Yachting World (BNC) Feb. 32 A regulator should be included if the capacity of the 12V battery is less than 50 times higher than the peak output current of the generator.

output power n.

ΚΠ

1920 H. J. Van der Bijl Thermionic Vacuum Tube vii. 237 If the tube is used to amplify modulated high-frequency oscillations..it must obviously be capable of giving a much larger output power.

1992 IEEE Spectrum Mar. 6/2 They say it has a fantastically high output power, says an electro-manager in a tense voice.

output voltage n.

ΚΠ

1927 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 13 774 The expression given by Hull and Williams for the mean square output voltage due to the k-component of the thermionic current.

1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 1080/1 Precise control of the output voltage is achieved by using the fine and coarse potentiometers.

C2.

output gap n. Economics the amount by which the actual output of an economy falls short of its potential output.

ΚΠ

1954 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 62 249/2 We can therefore define four gaps... The factor gap... The output gap... The consumption gap... The investment gap.

1987 P. Hardwick Probl. Unemployment & Inflation (BNC) 39 The trend line drawn through the peaks of the time-series can be regarded as providing a rough estimate of the economy's potential output during the period... The shaded area between the actual time-series and the trend line..is called the output gap.

1994 Economist 26 Nov. 108/2 The output gap cannot be observed directly because potential output can only be estimated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

outputv.

Brit.

/ˈaʊtpʊt/, U.S.

/ˈaʊtˌpʊt/

Inflections: Past tense output; past participle output, (in sense 3) outputted;

Forms: see out- prefix and put v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, put v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + put v. Compare to put out at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. In sense 3 re-formed after output n. N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress for senses 1, 2 as outˈput.

†1.

a. transitive. To put out, expel, dismiss, evict. Also: to exclude, bar. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

outOE

deposec1300

remuec1325

to put out1344

to set downc1369

deprivec1374

outputa1382

removea1382

to throw outa1382

to put downc1384

privea1387

to set adowna1387

to put out of ——?a1400

amovec1425

disappoint1434

unmakec1475

dismiss1477

dispoint1483

voidc1503

to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546

relieve1549

cass1550

displace1553

unauthorize1554

to wring out1560

seclude1572

eject1576

dispost1577

decass1579

overboard1585

cast1587

sequester1587

to put to grass1589

cashier1592

discompose1599

abdicate1610

unseat1611

dismount1612

disoffice1627

to take off1642

unchair1645

destitute1653

lift1659

resign1674

quietus1688

superannuate1692

derange1796

shelve1812

shelf1819

Stellenbosch1900

defenestrate1917

axe1922

retire1961

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession

outshoveOE

to do out of ——OE

shovec1200

to put out of ——c1225

to cast out1297

void13..

usurpa1325

to put outa1350

outputa1382

outrayc1390

excludea1400

expulse?a1475

expel1490

to shut forth1513

to put forth1526

to turn out1546

depel?1548

disseisin1548

evict1548

exturb1603

debout1619

wincha1626

disseise1627

out-pusha1631

howster1642

oust1656

out1823

purge1825

the bum's rush1910

outplace1928

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. ix. 13 Þat soule shal be out putte [a1425 L.V. distried; L. exterminabitur] from his peplis, for sacrifise he offrede not to þe lord in his tyme.

a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 94 A ȝer and a day by-þowte [read wyth-oute] cleym and chalangynge of eny, be þe askere outputte for euere [v.r. þe askere be put for euere].

c1450 (?a1400) Long Charter of Christ, B Text (Cambr. Ii.4.9) 29 (MED) Frome paradyse þou were owt pytte.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxv. 13 Output þai ere of paradise.

1563 MS Rec. Aberdeen V. 25 To imput and outpute the tenentis.

1587 in Edinb. Topogr., Trad., & Antiquarian Mag. (1848) Oct. 61 The said Lord robert hes maist wraguslie and violentlie eiectit and output the said gilbert fra his posshioun.

1632 in R. D. MacEwan Old Glasgow Weavers (1916) 70 William Pollok..violentlie output the said deacon and theis present with him furthe of the said hous.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 126 Thay first mell with the five cinque portis, inputtis and outputtis governouris at there plesour.

1729 in M. S. Shaw Hunterston Papers (1925) (Sc. Rec. Soc.) 71 With power to him to outputt, and putt in Tennents, at there pleasure.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 204 I say (out-putting this personal reason of complaint).

b. transitive. To put outside. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > put outdoors

to put outa1350

to turn out1546

output1588

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > put out

outdoc1300

to do out of ——a1325

to put outa1350

outset?1533

output1588

to turn out1654

1588 Protocol Bk. J. Inglis 12 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue V. 194/1 Tomas Lege maid void & red the said rowme & out pat the guddis & gere of Willem Ogiluie.

1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. viii. §2 Outputting their neighbour's goods for him to drive, or harbouring such as they could not but know to be boot-hailers.

†2. transitive. Scottish. To issue or circulate (counterfeit money) as legal tender. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits

to give (one) the slip1567

output1576

to nail up for a slip1594

spring1686

smash1801

shove1859

drop1938

1576 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials (1833) I. ii. 64 Penneis, falslie cuinȝeit and stampit; quhilkis wer output be him.

1577 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1966) VII. 125/2 Sending within this realme of false and adulterat money..to be output and exchangeit treasonablie amangis our soverane lordis liegis.

1729 Caledonian Mercury 7 Oct. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 512/3 Having..Uttered or Out-put considerable Quantities of such counterfeited Halfpennies.

3. transitive. To produce, deliver, or supply as output.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth

doeOE

makelOE

to bring forthc1175

farrow?c1225

childc1350

fodmec1390

raise1402

spring?1440

upbringc1440

breed1526

procreate1546

hatch1549

generate1556

product1577

deprompt1586

produce1587

spire1590

sprout1598

represent1601

effer1606

depromea1652

germinate1796

output1858

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)]

i-wurchec888

makeeOE

workOE

dighta1175

outworka1325

forge1382

tiffa1400

fabricate1598

elaborate1611

produce1612

manufacture1648

to work off1653

output1858

productionize1939

1858 Geologist 1 352 It was their business to output coal and not stone.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Feb. 1/1 The great water power of the Mississippi at Minneapolis enables the millers there to output some 1,200 tons of flour per day.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 9/1 The properties have been outputting gold for many years by the most primitive methods.

1946 Nature 12 Oct. 504/1 Results are output in the form of punched cards.

1989 Rhythm Dec. 35/1 The default velocity curve can be modified by mating the actual velocity numbers with whatever velocity you would prefer to be outputted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	output
释义	outputn. Brit. /ˈaʊtpʊt/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌpʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: output v. Etymology: < output v. †1. The place where material produced in a mine is brought to the surface (cf. note at sense 2a). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 812 There is for the most part, a building erected near the output of the mine, in which the breaking and picking of the ores are performed. 2. gen. a. That which is produced in an industry or process; the amount of this.Originally a technical or local term of ironworks, mines, etc.; apparently not in general dictionaries until the last quarter of the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production generationa1382 engenderinga1400 outbearinga1425 productionc1450 produce1562 prolation1577 procreation1578 generating1579 edition1605 producement1613 elaboration1617 flowering1634 pullulation1641 factory1664 development1794 output1841 output1887 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > amount produced or manufactured produce1650 supply1744 make1749 output1841 turn1870 production1878 turn-out1879 throughput1884 run1926 the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a definite or specified quantity or amount > specific quantities or amounts > produced or obtained output1841 yield1924 1841 Statist. Acct. Lanarkshire 648 The output [of iron ore] on Rochsilloch alone is 4500 tons per month. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 285 The copper out-put remains substantially as it was last year. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 34 Dislocation of other factories depending on the Billancourt output. 1971 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 24 Sept. 524/1 The United Kingdom is the planned market for 80% of the output. 1989 Econ. Affairs Apr.–May 11/2 The National Income..is the sum of the outputs of workers and salary earners who produce both goods and services. b. In extended use: that which is produced by mental effort, artistic endeavour, etc. ΚΠ 1879 E. Dowden Southey vii. 194 It is the out-put of a large and vigorous mind. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains x. 285 Such an income as a clerk will earn with a tenth..of your nervous output. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 427/1 A very important section of Parsons's artistic output is formed by his work as a book-illustrator. 1959 C. Singer Short Hist. Sci. Ideas iv. 116 This drug book [of Pliny's] is the prototype of the medical output of the next fifteen hundred years. 1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 25/1 Given his erratic, often muddled output since the masterwork, folks were beginning to wonder if he hadn't artistically ‘lost it’. c. Physiology. Waste matter excreted from the body through the lungs, skin, and kidneys; the amount of this. Hence (also in Ecology): the amount of a nutrient, waste product, or other substance which leaves or is expelled from an organism or other biological system. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [noun] flux1382 superfluitya1398 outwaxing?1541 excrement1565 recrement1578 profluvium1603 redeliverage1612 evacuation1625 excretion1630 staxis1745 egesta1787 rejectments1818 rejectamenta1834 rejection1838 excreta1857 excretes1883 output1883 ejecta1890 1883 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 4) ii. v. 446 The output [1877–9 outcome] may be regarded as consisting of (1) the respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal,..(2) of perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts..and (3) of the urine. 1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 1883–4 36 17 Unless the exertion be very severe the phosphates are not increased, whilst the output of sulphates is distinctly increased in every case. 1955 Q. Rev. Biol. 30 126/1 After removal of the tumor, the output of urinary catechol amines decreases to normal. 1989 Ecology 70 578/2 We allowed 2–3 d[ays] for equilibrium to each diet followed by 5 d[ays] of measurement of intake and output. d. Energy or power produced by a machine; the quantity of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > input or output output1884 input1902 1884 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery vii. 113 The result is an extraordinary increase in the ‘output’, or, as Sir William Thomson terms it, ‘activity’ (i.e. amount of work done per second) of the machine. 1886 F. Walker (title) Practical dynamo-building for amateurs. How to wind for any output. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 574/2 The useful return or ‘output’ at the terminals of a large machine may amount to as much as 95 per cent. of the mechanical energy which forms the ‘input’. 1976 Gramophone June 116/3 Using the Bruel and Kjaer wave analyser to measure separate harmonics..suggested even lower figures: 0.048% at full output, 0.038% at −20dB and 0.074% at −30dB. 1995 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. Autumn–Winter 735/2 Flavel Regent living flame effect gas fire. Radiates and convects heat efficiently with a maximum output of 3.5kW. e. Computing. Data or results produced by a computer. Also: the physical medium on which these are represented. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > result of output1941 read-out1967 1941 Jrnl. Math. & Physics 20 340 The dependent variables must appear either as the output of adders or integrators. 1964 F. L. Westwater Electronic Computers vi. 105 Quite sophisticated computers use punched cards as a supplementary output. 1995 Computers & Humanities 29 365/2 Neither program requires indexing of texts prior to analysis and both produce output that is easily comprehended by non-specialists. f. Linguistics. The result of the application of lexical, grammatical, phonological, or other rules. Cf. input n. 2f. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > output of linguistic rule output1961 target1970 1961 H. A. Gleason Introd. Descr. Ling. (rev. ed.) xii. 173 It is normally stated in the form of rules which may be applied to one of the pair—an input—altering it to produce the other—an output. 1969 W. A. Cook Introd. Tagmemic Analysis ii. 42 With kernel sentences as input, it is possible to set up a series of optional rules that will produce the output, the derived sentences. 1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 139 We can represent the output of the realization rules in the conventional way, partly by orthographic forms and partly by generalized morpheme-symbols such as -s. 1991 Appl. Linguistics 12 81 The output of every rule is resyllabified according to the syllable structure rules examined up to that point in the derivation. 3. The action or process of supplying or producing output (in various contexts); production, generation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production generationa1382 engenderinga1400 outbearinga1425 productionc1450 produce1562 prolation1577 procreation1578 generating1579 edition1605 producement1613 elaboration1617 flowering1634 pullulation1641 factory1664 development1794 output1841 output1887 1887 Science 25 Feb. 194/2 On their ceaseless, rhythmic output of energy every living molecule of the body each moment derives benefit. 1909 Science 9 Apr. 589/1 Uric acid is an intermediary product, the output of which we associate with a balance between productive and destructive processes. 1919 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. (new ed.) II. xi. 208 The output is controlled by the control grid, which is between the filament and the heavier grid anode beyond. 1947 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 356 No means of numerical input or output other than the keyboard and the display panel are provided. 1959 J. Yates-Benyow Weak & Wicked x. 151 Other unfamiliar-sounding occupations necessary for the output of up-to-date off-the-peg clothing. 1991 Electronics World & Wireless World (BNC) Sept. 760 Each assembly language module can be considered as an object with a specific set of rules for data input and output. 4. An electrical signal delivered by or available from an electronic device; a place where, or device through which, such a signal is delivered by a system; a socket or outlet to which another device may be connected in order to make an output signal audible, visible, or otherwise usable. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > input or output > place of input1929 output1933 port1949 1933 Boys' Mag. 47 108/2 Connect pick-up to ‘input’ and loud speaker to ‘output’. 1946 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 100 A flip-flop has two inputs and two outputs. 1956 B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 57 The equipment used in studio control cubicles for selecting and mixing the outputs of the various microphones. 1989 Opera Now Aug. 69/4 The Systemline link..will operate from the tape outputs of almost any standard amplifier. 2002 Sound & Vision May 43/1 That sends deep bass to the sixth of the player's set of multichannel analog outputs, which is labeled ‘Subwoofer’. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. output circuit n. ΚΠ 1915 Science 16 July 97/1 The affect [sic] of the following factors on the energy efficiency of rectification were determined:..E.M.F. of the input circuit, resistance in the output circuit, [etc.]. 1987 A. K. Walton Network Anal. & Pract. (BNC) 239 It is helpful to adopt the Norton equivalent of the output circuit of the open-loop amplifier. output device n. ΚΠ 1929 K. Henney Princ. Radio xii. 281 Output devices are used to (1) keep d.c. current from the loud speaker winding; (2) Prevent serious loss in plate voltage; [etc.]. 1992 PC Computing Apr. 66/1 (advt.) A personal output device that combines the best features of a desktop laser printer with the ability to produce large C-size drawings. output impedance n. ΚΠ 1930 J. A. Moyer & J. F. Wostrel Pract. Radio Constr. (ed. 2) iv. 54 The plate resistance..in the case of audio-frequency amplification may be considered as the output impedance. 1992 Everyday Electronics (BNC) June 383 As each servo may consume up to 1A when driving to a new position it is important that the supply has a very low output impedance. output punch n. ΚΠ 1954 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 246 472 The effect of programme A was to generate from the output punch of the machine a tape C of unlimited length. 1968 Statistician 18 405 This fault-finding program proved its worth when the logical circuits and the output punch were being checked. output routine n. ΚΠ 1954 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 8 32 It is necessary to combine the simple input or output orders of the machine with other orders in an input or output routine. 1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 43 Output routine, a routine which organizes the output process of a computer, e.g. starts the output equipment, presents data to it at suitable intervals of time, and specifies format. 1992 Operations Res. 40 328/2 Each of this sample of real problems..can be solved on a 3-MIPS machine in less than two minutes, including all input and output routines. output stage n. ΚΠ 1926 Wireless World 1 Sept. 317/2 If, however, we are not within five miles of a B.B.C. station, the value of extra low impedance in the output stage is unnecessary. 1962 J. H. Reyner & P. J. Reyner Radio Communication x. 409 Voltage feedback..has the effect of reducing the effective internal impedance of the output stage. 1992 Everyday Electronics (BNC) July 4/2 A series resistance is inserted between the phones and the output stage to reduce signal levels. output transformer n. ΚΠ 1928 Science 31 Aug. 210/2 It may be advisable under certain conditions to insert an output transformer between the output of the amplifier and the loudspeaker unit. 1968 L. G. Sands Easy Way to service Radio Receivers (1973) ii. 52 Between points 1 and 3 you should get a higher resistance reading... If not, the output transformer may be grounded. 1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 1088/3 (caption) These components are recognised industry-standard parts used for output transformer service in switched-mode power supplies. output tube n. ΚΠ 1929 J. H. Morecroft Elem. Radio Communication vii. 242 If the speaker is to use 100 milliwatts on the average,..the output tube should be drawing from its battery at least 10 watts. 1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 1614/1 The output tube of the micromanifold..was placed approximately 200μm from the cell. output unit n. ΚΠ 1935 Rev. Econ. Stud. 3 10 Each unit of input is allotted a share in the value of each output unit corresponding to its own accumulated value to the time when the output occurs. 1945 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 240 278 Curve-plotting output units. 1992 T. Portsmouth et al. In Tune with Heaven (BNC) 147 The size of a speaker does not dictate its efficiency and it is possible to use relatively small output units to good effect. output valve n. ΚΠ 1929 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 125 718 The change in anode current of the last or output valve deflects the recording instrument. 1942 Electronic Engin. 14 726 The stages in the receiver are covered in sequence from R.F. amplifiers to L.F. output valves. b. In the sense ‘constituting output’. output current n. ΚΠ 1920 H. J. Van der Bijl Thermionic Vacuum Tube vii. 168 This would produce distortion since the output current is not an exact reproduction of the input. 1991 Yachting World (BNC) Feb. 32 A regulator should be included if the capacity of the 12V battery is less than 50 times higher than the peak output current of the generator. output power n. ΚΠ 1920 H. J. Van der Bijl Thermionic Vacuum Tube vii. 237 If the tube is used to amplify modulated high-frequency oscillations..it must obviously be capable of giving a much larger output power. 1992 IEEE Spectrum Mar. 6/2 They say it has a fantastically high output power, says an electro-manager in a tense voice. output voltage n. ΚΠ 1927 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 13 774 The expression given by Hull and Williams for the mean square output voltage due to the k-component of the thermionic current. 1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 1080/1 Precise control of the output voltage is achieved by using the fine and coarse potentiometers. C2. output gap n. Economics the amount by which the actual output of an economy falls short of its potential output. ΚΠ 1954 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 62 249/2 We can therefore define four gaps... The factor gap... The output gap... The consumption gap... The investment gap. 1987 P. Hardwick Probl. Unemployment & Inflation (BNC) 39 The trend line drawn through the peaks of the time-series can be regarded as providing a rough estimate of the economy's potential output during the period... The shaded area between the actual time-series and the trend line..is called the output gap. 1994 Economist 26 Nov. 108/2 The output gap cannot be observed directly because potential output can only be estimated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). outputv. Brit. /ˈaʊtpʊt/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌpʊt/ Inflections: Past tense output; past participle output, (in sense 3) outputted; Forms: see out- prefix and put v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, put v. Etymology: < out- prefix + put v. Compare to put out at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. In sense 3 re-formed after output n. N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress for senses 1, 2 as outˈput. †1. a. transitive. To put out, expel, dismiss, evict. Also: to exclude, bar. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession outshoveOE to do out of ——OE shovec1200 to put out of ——c1225 to cast out1297 void13.. usurpa1325 to put outa1350 outputa1382 outrayc1390 excludea1400 expulse?a1475 expel1490 to shut forth1513 to put forth1526 to turn out1546 depel?1548 disseisin1548 evict1548 exturb1603 debout1619 wincha1626 disseise1627 out-pusha1631 howster1642 oust1656 out1823 purge1825 the bum's rush1910 outplace1928 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. ix. 13 Þat soule shal be out putte [a1425 L.V. distried; L. exterminabitur] from his peplis, for sacrifise he offrede not to þe lord in his tyme. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 94 A ȝer and a day by-þowte [read wyth-oute] cleym and chalangynge of eny, be þe askere outputte for euere [v.r. þe askere be put for euere]. c1450 (?a1400) Long Charter of Christ, B Text (Cambr. Ii.4.9) 29 (MED) Frome paradyse þou were owt pytte. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxv. 13 Output þai ere of paradise. 1563 MS Rec. Aberdeen V. 25 To imput and outpute the tenentis. 1587 in Edinb. Topogr., Trad., & Antiquarian Mag. (1848) Oct. 61 The said Lord robert hes maist wraguslie and violentlie eiectit and output the said gilbert fra his posshioun. 1632 in R. D. MacEwan Old Glasgow Weavers (1916) 70 William Pollok..violentlie output the said deacon and theis present with him furthe of the said hous. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 126 Thay first mell with the five cinque portis, inputtis and outputtis governouris at there plesour. 1729 in M. S. Shaw Hunterston Papers (1925) (Sc. Rec. Soc.) 71 With power to him to outputt, and putt in Tennents, at there pleasure. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 204 I say (out-putting this personal reason of complaint). b. transitive. To put outside. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > put outdoors to put outa1350 to turn out1546 output1588 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > put out outdoc1300 to do out of ——a1325 to put outa1350 outset?1533 output1588 to turn out1654 1588 Protocol Bk. J. Inglis 12 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue V. 194/1 Tomas Lege maid void & red the said rowme & out pat the guddis & gere of Willem Ogiluie. 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. viii. §2 Outputting their neighbour's goods for him to drive, or harbouring such as they could not but know to be boot-hailers. †2. transitive. Scottish. To issue or circulate (counterfeit money) as legal tender. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] > pass counterfeits to give (one) the slip1567 output1576 to nail up for a slip1594 spring1686 smash1801 shove1859 drop1938 1576 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials (1833) I. ii. 64 Penneis, falslie cuinȝeit and stampit; quhilkis wer output be him. 1577 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1966) VII. 125/2 Sending within this realme of false and adulterat money..to be output and exchangeit treasonablie amangis our soverane lordis liegis. 1729 Caledonian Mercury 7 Oct. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 512/3 Having..Uttered or Out-put considerable Quantities of such counterfeited Halfpennies. 3. transitive. To produce, deliver, or supply as output. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth doeOE makelOE to bring forthc1175 farrow?c1225 childc1350 fodmec1390 raise1402 spring?1440 upbringc1440 breed1526 procreate1546 hatch1549 generate1556 product1577 deprompt1586 produce1587 spire1590 sprout1598 represent1601 effer1606 depromea1652 germinate1796 output1858 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)] i-wurchec888 makeeOE workOE dighta1175 outworka1325 forge1382 tiffa1400 fabricate1598 elaborate1611 produce1612 manufacture1648 to work off1653 output1858 productionize1939 1858 Geologist 1 352 It was their business to output coal and not stone. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Feb. 1/1 The great water power of the Mississippi at Minneapolis enables the millers there to output some 1,200 tons of flour per day. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 9/1 The properties have been outputting gold for many years by the most primitive methods. 1946 Nature 12 Oct. 504/1 Results are output in the form of punched cards. 1989 Rhythm Dec. 35/1 The default velocity curve can be modified by mating the actual velocity numbers with whatever velocity you would prefer to be outputted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1839v.a1382
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