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noun
1.
Electronics.
a.
the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback).
2.
the furnishing of data concerning the operation or output of a machine to an automatic control device or to the machine itself, so that subsequent or ongoing operations of the machine can be altered or corrected.
3.
a reaction or response to a particular process or activity: He got very little feedback from his speech.
4.
evaluative information derived from such a reaction or response: to study the feedback from an audience survey.
5.
EXPANDPsychology. knowledge of the results of any behavior, considered as influencing or modifying further performance. Compare biofeedback.
Origin:
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase feed back
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase feed back
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Medical Dictionary
negative feedback n.
Feedback that reduces the output of a system.
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| negative feedback
Feedback in which the output quantity or signal lowers the input quantity or signal. Negative feedback is used in natural and artificial regulatory mechanisms, as well as in the design of oscillators. |
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