negative feedback

English

Noun

negative feedback (uncountable)

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.
   1. (physics) 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.

Synonyms

• degenerative feedback

Antonyms

• positive feedback
• regenerative feedback

Translations

a feedback loop

• Georgian: უარყოფითი უკუკავშირი (uarq̇opiti uḳuḳavširi)