positive feedback (English, noun)
expansion: positive feedback (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to increase any divergence of the output from its initial value.
A feedback loop in which the output of a system is amplified with a net positive gain and added to the input signal before the main amplifier.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to increase any divergence of the output from its initial value.
Feedback which builds upon previous feedback.
tags: figuratively
uncountable
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