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Yield may refer to:
Measures of output/function
[edit]Computer science
[edit]- Yield (multithreading) is an action that occurs in a computer program during multithreading
- See generator (computer programming)
Physics/chemistry
[edit]- Yield (chemistry), the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction
- The arrow symbol in a chemical equation
- Yield (engineering), yield strength of a material as defined in engineering and material science
- Fission product yield
- Nuclear weapon yield
Earth science
[edit]- Crop yield, measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land
- Yield (wine), the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard
- Ecological yield, the harvestable population growth of an ecosystem, most commonly measured in forestry and fishery
- Specific yield, a measure of aquifer capacity
- Yield (hydrology), the volume of water escaping from a spring
Production/manufacturing
[edit]- Yield (casting)
- 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 and hulk
Finance
[edit]- Yield (finance), a rate of return for a security
- Dividend yield and earnings yield, measures of dividends paid on stock
Other uses
[edit]- Yield (college admissions), a statistic describing what percent of applicants choose to enroll
- Yield (album), by Pearl Jam
- Yield sign, a traffic sign
- The Yield, a 2019 novel by Tara June Winch
- In cooking, yield is how many a recipe creates.
- Yield, a feature of a coroutine in computer programming.
- Yield, an element of the TV series The Amazing Race