positive feedback
31feedback — /feed bak /, n. 1. Electronics. a. 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). b. See acoustic feedback. 2. the… …
32positive*/*/*/ — [ˈpɒzətɪv] adj 1) completely certain We d met before – I was positive about that.[/ex] Are you positive that there s been no mistake?[/ex] 2) believing that good things will happen, or that a situation will get better Syn: optimistic Ant:… …
33positive — adj. & n. adj. 1 formally or explicitly stated; definite, unquestionable (positive proof). 2 (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in his or her opinion (positive that I was not there). 3 a absolute; not relative. b Gram. (of an… …
34feedback — n. the coupling of the output of a process to the input. Feedback mechanisms are important in regulating many physiological processes; for example, the production of hormones and neurotransmitters. In negative feedback, a rise in the output of a… …
35feedback — / fi:dbæk/ noun information, especially about the result of an activity which allows adjustments to be made to the way it is done in future ● We are getting positive feedback about our after sales service. ● It would be useful to have some… …
36feedback regulation — Control mechanism that uses the consequences of a process to regulate the rate at which the process occurs: if, for example, the products of a reaction inhibit the reaction from proceeding (or slow down the rate of the reaction), then there is… …
37feedback — i. The transmission of aerodynamic forces on control surfaces or rotor blades to cockpit controls as also the transmission of cockpit control forces to the aircraft control surfaces or rotor blades. ii. A process in an electrical circuit or… …
38feedback — /ˈfidbæk / (say feedbak) noun 1. the returning of a part of the output of any system, especially a mechanical, electronic, or biological one, as input, especially for correction or control purposes, to alter the characteristic sound of… …
39feedback — in a system, an output which causes changes to that system inputs. Two kinds: negative feedback one which reduces and possibly reverses the usual processes. positive feedback one which exacerbates the usual processes …
40feedback — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
