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outturn

outturn

8.5
The amount of goods that are produced in a period
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌtɜrn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : producción
  • The outturn of the harvest this year was impressive, with farmers producing more grain than ever before.
  • operational outturn

Examples

  • The factory's annual outturn reached record levels due to increased demand for its products.

  • After reviewing the company's performance, the manager reported a significant outturn of materials for the last quarter.

  • Proposition 1 implies that if the transmission company is fully responsible for the cost of the Operational Outturn (and the transmission losses), and is subject to a revenue cap, then it expands the network optimally (n13) and minimizes the cost of operation and expansion.

    Academic text (2000)

  • As shown in Table 1, the cost of congestion, known in the United Kingdom as the Operational Out-turn component of the Uplift (operational outturn in this article), grew rapidly from 121 million in 1990/91, the first year of the Pool operation, to 370 million in 1993/94, and became a source of concern.

    Academic text (2000)

  • If q_su, sub_n > q_s*, sub_n, the generators at node n are constrained off. The operational outturn is the difference between SMP and what they would have been paid:

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

production
vsoutturn
595 2.2

The amount of something made in a certain time

is used for total amount produced within a set time period
yield
vsoutturn
257 4.1

The amount people get from crops or investments

focuses on physical production amount within a specific time period
output
vsoutturn
128 3.1

The amount a person, machine, or factory makes

refers to total amount made in a given period
turnout
vsoutturn
  • UK
3 4.1

The amount a company, farm, or factory makes in a period

has identical meaning but differs in spelling
outfeed
vsoutturn
  • Specialized
8.1

The amount of material a machine sends out in a set time

is broader, applying to overall amount from any source in a period

Antonyms

input
  • Specialized
42 3.9

A resource used to make goods or provide services

How Much

yield
257 4.1
outturn
  • Specialized
8.5
output
128 3.1
batch
197 3.2

Surface Forms

outturn singular
outturns plural

Morphology

outturn = turn (semi-transparent) = out + turn

The components 'out' and 'turn' are visible, but the specialized sense 'amount produced' is a technical extension of 'turn/turn out' and may not be directly deducible by all learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Outturn comes from the parts out- and turn, like the phrase 'turn out' which means 'to come out'. So outturn means the 'amount produced' or the total that 'comes out' from a factory, field, or process.