"feedback loop" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-feedback loop.wav Forms: feedback loops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feedback loop (plural feedback loops)
  1. a self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect Wikipedia link: feedback loop Related terms: positive feedback, negative feedback, virtuous cycle, vicious cycle, arms race Translations (Translations): bucle de realimentació [masculine] (Catalan), noidankehä (Finnish), takaisinkytkentä (Finnish), boucle de rétroaction [feminine] (French), უკუკავშირის მარყუჟი (uḳuḳavširis marq̇uži) (Georgian), Rückkopplungsschleife [feminine] (German), circuito di retroazione [masculine] (Italian), bulce retroalimentario [masculine] (Spanish), circuito retroalimenticio [masculine] (Spanish)

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