"negative feedback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} negative feedback (uncountable)
  1. A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-negative_feedback-en-noun-onrxx8hq
  2. A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances.
    (physics) A feedback loop in which the output signal of a system is amplified with a net negative gain and added to the input signal, before the main amplifier.
    Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: degenerative feedback Translations (a feedback loop): უარყოფითი უკუკავშირი (uarq̇opiti uḳuḳavširi) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-negative_feedback-en-noun-KjsCTF-a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a feedback loop': 20 80

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