negative feedback

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.

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negative feedback

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(Engineering / General Engineering) (Electronics) See feedback

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

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