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feedback
[ feed-bak ]
noun
- Electronics.
- the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input negative feedback or to aid the input positive feedback.
- the furnishing of data concerning the operation or output of a machine to an automatic control device or to the machine itself, so that subsequent or ongoing operations of the machine can be altered or corrected.
- a reaction or response to a particular process or activity:
He got very little feedback from his speech.
- evaluative information derived from such a reaction or response:
to study the feedback from an audience survey.
- Psychology. knowledge of the results of any behavior, considered as influencing or modifying further performance. Compare biofeedback.
- Biology. a self-regulatory biological system, as in the synthesis of some hormones, in which the output or response affects the input, either positively or negatively.
feedback
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noun
- the return of part of the output of an electronic circuit, device, or mechanical system to its input, so modifying its characteristics. In negative feedback a rise in output energy reduces the input energy; in positive feedback an increase in output energy reinforces the input energy
- that part of the output signal fed back into the input
- the return of part of the sound output by a loudspeaker to the microphone or pick-up so that a high-pitched whistle is produced
- the whistling noise so produced
- the effect of the product of a biological pathway on the rate of an earlier step in that pathway
- the substance or reaction causing such an effect, such as the release of a hormone in a biochemical pathway
- information in response to an inquiry, experiment, etc
there was little feedback from our questionnaire
verb
- tr to return (part of the output of a system) to its input
- to offer or suggest (information, ideas, etc) in reaction to an inquiry, experiment, etc
feedback
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- The supply of an input to some process or system as a function of its output.
- See more at negative feedback
feedback
- A process in which a system regulates itself by monitoring its own output. That is, it “feeds back†part of its output to itself. Feedback is used to control machines; a heating system, for example, uses a thermostat to monitor and adjust its output. Feedback is also used by the human brain to control various muscles and joints.
Notes
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of feedback1
Example Sentences
“When he played it for people to get feedback, the question he asked was, ‘Is it better than ‘Yesterday?,’ †says Leslie.
"In the past, we would have used customer satisfaction surveys," says Mr Salmon, "but with live shopping, we get feedback right away and I bring that back to my team to help refine our products."
As a first taste of the collection, he released Rain In The River, from Perfect World, whose muscular drums and squalling feedback showcase the raw power of his regular backing band E Street Band.
The coach stressed to Rosen — and other Bruin athletes — that negative social media commentary can only hurt, and to choose to focus on what individuals within the “Bruin bubble†share for feedback.
The new exhibition was created as a result of visitor feedback to the Food Museum and has been shaped through the stories of local school dinner staff.
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