How to say "output" in Japanese

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  • 出力しゅつりょくCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the technical sense: the output of electrical power, signals, or devices such as computers and amplifiers. This is the word for output in engineering and electronics, not for goods produced.
    A display, aka monitor, is an appliance that displays video signal of still images and moving pictures produced by a computer or similar device.
  • 産量さんりょうCommon
    nounRefers to output as a measured amount — the quantity of goods or resources produced, as in industrial or mining output figures. It is not the word for a technical signal or the act of producing.
  • 産出さんしゅつJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbDenotes the act of production or turning something out, especially the extraction of minerals. It names the process rather than the quantity produced, and is not used for electrical or signal output.
    この畑はたけは良質りょうしつの作物さくもつを産出さんしゅつする。↗
    These fields produce fine crops.

Use 出力 for electrical or signal output in technical contexts, 産量 for the measured amount of goods produced, and 産出 for the act of producing or extracting, especially minerals.

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