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negative feedback
(redirected from Negative feedback loop)

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negative feedback
n.
Feedback that reduces the output of a system, such as the action of heat on a thermostat to limit the output of a furnace or the accumulation of toxic waste products by a growing population of bacteria.

negative feedback
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) (Electronics) See feedback

negative feedback
Feedback in which the output quantity or signal lowers the input quantity or signal. Negative feedback is used in natural and artificial regulatory mechanisms, as well as in the design of oscillators.
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Noun1.negative feedback - feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
feedback - the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
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negative feedback
n (Elec) → negative Rückkopplung, Gegenkopplung f; (= criticism)negatives Feedback, negative Reaktion; to give somebody negative feedback (about somebody/something)jdm eine negative Rückmeldung (zu jdm/etw) geben; to get negative feedback (about somebody/something)eine negative Rückmeldung (zu jdm/etw) erhalten


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Moreover, concerns for the negative feedback loop between the real economy and the financial sector also linger.
The nervous system observes and controls about every organ system from a series of positive and negative feedback loops.
And finally how the disrupted Osmotic Pressure disrupts filtration and ends up blocking or nullifying the Parathyroid Hormone/ Calcitonin Negative Feedback Loop for regulating the Calcium/Phosphate balance.
 
 
 
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