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throughput

The correct spelling is throughput.

How to pronounce throughput

noun

IPA: /ˈθɹu.pʊt/

Say it like: Thr-owp-ut

The correct spelling is throughput. A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional are… For example: "The factory managed a throughput of 120 units per hour."

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The factory managed a throughput of 120 units per hour.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.
  2. 2.The rate at which data is transferred through a system.
  3. 3.(operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.

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