Yield

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Yield in science, mathematics, and engineering:

• Semiconductor fabrication yield, the proportion of devices produced which function correctly
• Nuclear weapon yield, the amount of energy discharged when the weapon explodes
• Yield (chemistry), the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction
• Fission product yield
• Rolled throughput yield, a statistical tool in Six Sigma
• Yield (engineering), the change from elastic deformation to permanent plastic deformation of a structure
  • Yield strength, an engineering term for the amount of stress that a material can undergo before plastic deformation
• Specific yield, a ratio used to evaluate the groundwater production from an aquifer

Yield in agriculture and food production:

• Crop yield, a measure of the output per unit area of land under cultivation
• Maximum sustainable yield, the largest yield/catch that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period
• Yield Class, an expression of the productivity of a stand of timber.
• Wool Yield, refers to the amount of clean wool present in a greasy lot and is objectively measured.
• Specific yield, a ratio used to evaluate the groundwater production from an aquifer

Yield in business and finance:

• Yield (finance), a rate of return based on what the holder earns with direct incomes on a financial instrument or security
• Dividend yield, the current or yield to maturity of common or preferred share dividends
• Yield (aviation), the revenue an airline makes on each passenger for every kilometer/mile travelled

Yield in computing and information science:

• in computer science, a point of return (and re-entry) of a coroutine
• Terminal yield, in formal language theory is the sequence of leaves encountered in an ordered walk of a tree structure

Yield may also mean:

• Yield (education), the percentage of prospective students offered admission to an educational institution that actually enroll at that school
• Yield sign, a traffic sign controlling the give-way rules at an intersection (also called a give way sign)
• an element in The Amazing Race, a U.S. reality game, where one team forces another to stop racing for a pre-determined amount of time.
• Yield (album), a 1998 alternative rock album from Pearl Jam
• To Yield in the Senate means to allow another Senator to speak briefly or ask a question, without losing one's right to the floor.

[edit] See also

• yielding

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