Yield
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Physics/chemistry
- Yield (chemistry)Yield (chemistry)In chemistry, yield, also referred to as chemical yield and reaction yield, is the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction. The absolute yield can be given as the weight in grams or in moles...
, the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction- The arrow symbol in a chemical equationChemical equationA chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction where the reactant entities are given on the left hand side and the product entities on the right hand side. The coefficients next to the symbols and formulae of entities are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers...
- The arrow symbol in a chemical equation
- Fission product yieldFission product yieldNuclear fission splits a heavy nucleus such as uranium or plutonium into two lighter nuclei, which are called fission products. Yield refers to the fraction of a fission product produced per fission.Yield can be broken down by:#Individual isotope...
- Nuclear weapon yieldNuclear weapon yieldThe explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy discharged when a nuclear weapon is detonated, expressed usually in the equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene , either in kilotons or megatons , but sometimes also in terajoules...
Earth science
- Crop yieldCrop yieldIn agriculture, crop yield is not only a measure of the yield of cereal per unit area of land under cultivation, yield is also the seed generation of the plant itself...
- Yield (wine)Yield (wine)In viticulture, the yield is a measure of the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard, and is therefore a type of crop yield...
- Yield (wine)
- Specific yield, a measure of aquifer capacity
Production/manufacturing
- Yield (casting)
- Throughput yield, a manufacturing evaluation method
- A measure of functioning devices in semiconductor testing
- The number of servings provided by a recipeRecipeA recipe is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.-Components:Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components*The name of the dish...
Finance
- Yield (finance)Yield (finance)In finance, the term yield describes the amount in cash that returns to the owners of a security. Normally it does not include the price variations, at the difference of the total return...
, a rate of return for a security - Dividend yieldDividend yieldThe dividend yield or the dividend-price ratio on a company stock is the company's total annual dividend payments divided by its market capitalization, or the dividend per share, divided by the price per share. It is often expressed as a percentage...
, a measure of dividends paid on stock
Other uses
- Yield (engineering)Yield (engineering)The yield strength or yield point of a material is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically. Prior to the yield point the material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed...
, the plastic deformation of a material- Yield surfaceYield surfaceA yield surface is a five-dimensional surface in the six-dimensional space of stresses. The yield surface is usually convex and the state of stress of inside the yield surface is elastic. When the stress state lies on the surface the material is said to have reached its yield point and the...
- Yield surface
- Yield (album)Yield (album)Yield is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998. Following a short tour for its previous album, No Code , Pearl Jam went into the studio in 1997 to record its follow-up...
, by Pearl Jam - Yield signYield signIn road transport, a ' or ' traffic sign indicates that each driver must prepare to stop if necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed. A driver who stops has yielded the right of way to another...
, a traffic sign - Terminal yieldTerminal yieldIn formal language theory, the terminal yield of a tree is the sequence of leaves encountered in an ordered walk of the tree....
, a sequence of leaves in a tree data structure - Yield, a feature of a coroutineCoroutineCoroutines are computer program components that generalize subroutines to allow multiple entry points for suspending and resuming execution at certain locations...
in computer programming - Yield, an element of the TV series The Amazing Race