"negative feedback" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 35 65 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a feedback loop': 18 82
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