noun
Meaning 1
A self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a positive feedback loop
- a negative feedback loop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
feedback loop
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noun
Meaning 2
a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feedback circuit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Narrower terms: control circuit, negative feedback circuit
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: bucle de realimentació — Translations
- Finnish: noidankehä — Translations
- Finnish: takaisinkytkentä — Translations
- French: boucle de rétroaction — Translations
- Georgian: უკუკავშირის მარყუჟი (uḳuḳavširis marq̇uži) — Translations
- German: Rückkopplungsschleife — Translations
- Italian: circuito di retroazione — Translations
- Polish: pętla sprzężenia zwrotnego — Translations
- Spanish: bulce retroalimentario — Translations
- Spanish: circuito retroalimenticio — Translations