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negative feedback

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.

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

see feedback.

negative reinforcement

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

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negative feedback (redirected from Negative feedback control system)

negative feedback
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