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feedback
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun feedback has 2 senses
- feedback(n = noun.process) Array - the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output; Array is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
- feedback(n = noun.communication) Array - response to an inquiry or experiment; Array is a kind of answer, reply, response
has particulars: negative feedback, positive feedback, regeneration
Derived form verb feed back1
Derived form verb feed back2
CIDE DICTIONARY
feedback, n.
- the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input. [WordNet 1.5]
- response to an inquiry or experiment. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
feedback, n.
1 information about the result of an experiment etc.; response.
2 Electronics a the return of a fraction of the output signal from one stage of a circuit, amplifier, etc., to the input of the same or a preceding stage. b a signal so returned.
3 Biol. etc. the modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects, esp. by the difference between the desired and the actual result.
1 information about the result of an experiment etc.; response.
2 Electronics a the return of a fraction of the output signal from one stage of a circuit, amplifier, etc., to the input of the same or a preceding stage. b a signal so returned.
3 Biol. etc. the modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects, esp. by the difference between the desired and the actual result.
THESAURUS
feedback
birdies, blooping, blurping, closed loop, closed sequence, current-control circuit, degeneration, distortion, flip-flop circuit, flutter, fluttering, hissing, howling, hum, motorboating, positive feedback, process loop, quality loop, reversed feedback, rumble, scratching, shredding, squeals, static, whistles, woomping, wow, wowwows
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