Yield may refer to:
Measures of output/function
Computer science
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Yield (multithreading) is an action that occurs in a computer program during multithreading
* See
generator (computer programming)
In computer science, a generator is a routine that can be used to control the iteration behaviour of a loop. All generators are also iterators. A generator is very similar to a function that returns an array, in that a generator has parameters, ...
Physics/chemistry
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Yield (chemistry), the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction
** The arrow symbol in a
chemical equation
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Yield (engineering), yield strength of a material as defined in engineering and material science
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Fission product yield
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Nuclear weapon yield
The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated, usually expressed as a TNT equivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene which, if detonated, would produ ...
Earth science
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Crop yield
In agriculture, the yield is a measurement of the amount of a crop grown, or product such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land. The seed ratio is another way of calculating yields.
Innovations, such as the use of fertilizer, the c ...
, measurement of the amount of a
crop harvested, or
animal product
An animal product is any material derived from the body of an animal. Examples are fat, flesh, blood, milk, eggs, and lesser known products, such as isinglass and rennet.
Animal by-products, as defined by the USDA, are products harvested or man ...
s such as
wool,
meat
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted, farmed, and scavenged animals for meat since prehistoric times. The establishment of settlements in the Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of animals such as chic ...
or
milk produced, per unit area of land
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Yield (wine), the amount of
grapes or
wine that is produced per unit surface of
vineyard
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Ecological yield, the harvestable
population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of an
ecosystem, most commonly measured in
forestry and
fishery
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
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Specific yield, a measure of
aquifer capacity
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Yield (hydrology), the volume of water escaping from a spring
Production/manufacturing
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Yield (casting)
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Throughput yield, a manufacturing evaluation method
* A measure of functioning devices in semiconductor testing, see
Semiconductor device fabrication#Device test
* The number of servings provided by a
recipe
A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a dish of prepared food. A sub-recipe or subrecipe is a recipe for an ingredient that will be called for in the instructions for the main recipe.
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and hulk
Finance
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Yield (finance), a rate of return for a security
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Dividend yield and
earnings yield
Earning yield is the quotient of earnings per share (E), divided by the share price (P), giving E/P. It is the reciprocal of the P/E ratio.
The earning yield is quoted as a percentage, and therefore allows immediate comparison to prevailing long ...
, measures of dividends paid on stock
Other uses
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Yield (college admissions), a statistic describing what percent of applicants choose to enroll
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''Yield'' (album), by Pearl Jam
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Yield sign
In road transport, a yield or give way sign indicates that merging drivers must prepare to stop if necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed. A driver who stops or slows down to let another vehicle through has yielded the right of ...
, a traffic sign
* Yield, a feature of a
coroutine in computer programming
* Yield, an element of the TV series ''
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...
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