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negative feedback

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
neg-a-tive feed-back
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Usage

Synonyms

degenerative feedback

Antonyms

positive feedback

Questions

What does negative feedback mean?
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.

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