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Definition of Negative feedback
1. Noun. Feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input.
Definition of Negative feedback
1. Noun. (physics) a feedback loop in which the output signal of a system is amplified with a net negative gain and added to the input signal, before the main amplifier ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Negative feedback
1. This occurs where the products of a process can act at an earlier stage in the process to inhibit their own formation. The term was first used widely in conjunction with electrical amplifiers where negative feedback was applied to limit distortion of the signal by the amplification mechanism. Tends to stabilise the process. In contrast to positive feedback. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Negative Feedback
Literary usage of Negative feedback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on by Steve Weber (2005)
"Below is a sample script to request removal of a negative feedback rating in cases
... Dear [Buyer]: I noticed the negative feedback comment you left on my ..."
2. Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers by Thomas D. Morton, Marsha K. Salus (1994)
"negative feedback is perceived as a potential threat to their relationships ...
Therefore, these supervisors may avoid or postpone giving negative feedback, ..."
3. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"When these negative feedback mechanisms are compromised, ... Healthy systems
involve both positive and negative feedback circuits (Glass and Mackey, 1988; ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Since prostaglandins inhibit hormonally induced cyclic AMP formation in adipose
tissue (4) as well as in isolated lipocytes (5, 6) a negative feedback role ..."
5. The Long Game: How Regulators and Companies Can Both Win by Paul Skidmore, Jake Chapman, Paul Miller (2003)
"To continue with the above example, there is a negative feedback loop in the ...
In this example, as in many systems, positive and negative feedback loops ..."
6. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Estrogen can regulate the glucocorticoid receptor- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS mediated
delayed or slow negative feedback on the HPA axis (Burgess The writing of this ..."
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