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negative feedback
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negative feedback
n.
Feedback that reduces the output of a system.

negative feedback,
1 (in physiology) a decrease in function in response to a stimulus. For example, the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone decreases as the amount of circulating estrogen increases.
2 
Usage notes: informal.
a critical, derogatory, or otherwise negative response from one person to what another person has communicated.

negative
1. having a value of less than zero.
2. indicating lack or absence, as coagulase-negative or Brucella-negative.
3. characterized by denial or opposition.

negative feedback
negative reinforcement
in animal psychology the stimuli which produce withdrawal, immobility, aversion, escape.


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Thus, the negative feedback control system ensures that the actual level reaches the desired level and stays there until the next flush occurs.
 
 
 
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