OUTPUT

output, yield

(noun) production of a certain amount

output, outturn, turnout

(noun) what is produced in a given time period

output, yield, production

(noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); “production was up in the second quarter”

output

(verb) to create or manufacture a specific amount; “the computer is outputting the data from the job I’m running”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

output (countable and uncountable, plural outputs)

(economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

(computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.

(medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.

Verb

output (third-person singular simple present outputs, present participle outputting, simple past and past participle outputted or output)

(economics) To produce, create, or complete.

(computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.

Anagrams

• put out, put-out, putout

Source: Wiktionary


Out"put`, n.

1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the fæces. See Income.

Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. Foster.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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