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feed·back  (fdbk)
n.
1.
a. The return of a portion of the output of a process or system to the input, especially when used to maintain performance or to control a system or process.
b. The portion of the output so returned.
c. Sound created when a transducer such as a microphone or electric guitar picks up sound from a speaker connected to an amplifier and regenerates it back through the amplifier.
2. The return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response: asked the students for feedback on the new curriculum.
3. The process by which a system, often biological or ecological, is modulated, controlled, or changed by the product, output, or response it produces.

feedback [ˈfiːdˌbæk]
n
1. (Electronics)
a.  the return of part of the output of an electronic circuit, device, or mechanical system to its input, so modifying its characteristics. In negative feedback a rise in output energy reduces the input energy; in positive feedback an increase in output energy reinforces the input energy
b.  that part of the output signal fed back into the input
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) the return of part of the sound output by a loudspeaker to the microphone or pick-up so that a high-pitched whistle is produced
3. (Music) the whistling noise so produced
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology)
a.  the effect of the product of a biological pathway on the rate of an earlier step in that pathway
b.  the substance or reaction causing such an effect, such as the release of a hormone in a biochemical pathway
5. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) information in response to an inquiry, experiment, etc. there was little feedback from our questionnaire
vb feed back
adv
1. (Engineering / General Engineering) (tr) to return (part of the output of a system) to its input
2. to offer or suggest (information, ideas, etc.) in reaction to an inquiry, experiment, etc.

feedback  (fdbk)
The supply of an input to some process or system as a function of its output. See more at negative feedbackpositive feedback
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.feedback - the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further outputfeedback - the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
negative feedback - feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
positive feedback, regeneration - feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input
2.feedback - response to an inquiry or experiment
answer, reply, response - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
Translations
feedback [ˈfiːdbæk] N
1. (from person) → reacción f
we're not getting much feedbackno nos tienen demasiado informados de cómo vamos
2. (from loudspeaker) → realimentación f, feedback m

feedback [ˈfiːdbæk] n
(from person)réactions fpl
to get feedback from sb → avoir les réactions de qn
(= sound) → feed-back m

feedback [ˈfiːdˌbæk] n (from person) → reazioni fpl; (from computer) → feed-back m

feedback الإفادة بالرأي odezva feedback Feedback ανταπόκριση reacción palaute commentaire povratna informacija feed-back 意見 피드백 feedback tilbakemelding opinia zwrotna feedback обратная связь återkoppling ผลสะท้อนกลับ geribildirim phản hồi 反馈


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