Definition of readout
1 : the process of reading
2a : the process of removing information from an automatic device (such as an electronic computer) and displaying it in an understandable formb : the information removed from such a device and displayed or recorded (as by magnetic tape or printing device)c : an electronic device that presents information in visual form
3 : the radio transmission of data or pictures from a space vehicle
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Examples of readout in a Sentence
The calculator has a digital readout.
He checked the readout on the screen.
Recent Examples of readout from the Web
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Reporters traveling with the White House were not informed during the trip, and there was no formal readout of the chat.
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That keeps the engine on all the time, cracks the whip on the gear changing, stiffens the steering, and gives you a tachometer readout.
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This produced an impressive-looking readout in which colored bars (green and blue good, red and black bad) were assigned to different parts of my neck and back.
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The speedo is crammed with digits to 180 mph, but there also is a digital speed readout.
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The official said there is no paper trail -- schedules, readouts or briefing documents -- to indicate Trump has dedicated time to the issue.
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Above the screen, layered into the dash top, is a digital clock and outdoor temperature readout, too.
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Tesla’s high-end Model S, by contrast, features both a center console screen and a readout above the steering wheel.
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Each evening around dusk, 85-year-old Earl Ourada steps into the front bedroom of his home on an 800-acre, century-old ranch northwest of Boise and checks the day’s high and low temperatures on a digital readout connected to a thermometer outside.
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First Known Use of readout
1946
READOUT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of readout for English Language Learners
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computers : a small screen that shows information; also : the information shown on such a screen
READOUT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of readout for Students
1 : information from an automatic device (as a computer) that is recorded (as on a disk) or presented in a form that can be seen
2 : an electronic device that presents information in a form that can be seen a calculator's readout
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