negative feedback

noun

: feedback that tends to dampen a process by applying the output against the initial conditions

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for negative feedback

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback

Medical Definition

negative feedback

noun

: feedback that tends to stabilize a process by reducing its rate or output when its effects are too great