The phrase "output means" is correct and usable in written English when it is used as a noun phrase to refer to the result or product of a process or system.
Example: The output means of this new production method have significantly increased our efficiency and profitability.
Plunging world output means lower oil prices, which mean trouble for the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia.
It has an all-day battery life, while an HDMI output means connecting the laptop to a TV is simple.
A steady decline in North Sea oil and gas output means that production is 7.5% below the early 2008 level, while manufacturing is 4.5% lower.
The gap between the actual and potential level of output means about $900 billion of forgone goods and services this year alone.
The recent spell of strong jobs growth and feeble output means that productivity declined by 0.4% over the past year, JPMorgan calculates.
A revival in euro-zone output means that interest rates are more likely to be raised, not cut, in the coming months (see article); the European Central Bank cannot easily reward a single country for embarking on fiscal tightening.
The surge in agricultural output meant humans could do other things than worry about survival; they could live in cities. Human civilisation began.
To assess the stability of cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, and systemic vascular resistance during biventricular pacing (BiVP) optimization.
Based on the minimization of the output mean square error, the technique for optimal filter design methodology is developed.
The obituaries have already charted her remarkable output over four decades and that is not my purpose here; except to try to pay tribute to what that output meant, and how important it was.
Until the late 70s he had hardly given an interview, and the huge impact of his banning combined with his comparatively small output meant that for many years he was a generally misunderstood figure in Ireland.
