Negative feedback

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. uncountable
  2. 2
    feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input wordnet
  3. 3
    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.; 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. uncountable