Definitions for feedback

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feedback feed·back

Spelling: [feed-bak]

IPA: /ˈfidˌbæk/

Feedback is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in feedback (abcdeefk).

Definitions for feedback

noun

1. Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
2. the furnishing of data concerning the operation or output of a machine to an automatic control device or to the machine itself, so that subsequent or ongoing operations of the machine can be altered or corrected.
3. a reaction or response to a particular process or activity:
4. evaluative information derived from such a reaction or response:
5. Psychology. knowledge of the results of any behavior, considered as influencing or modifying further performance. Compare biofeedback.
6. Biology. a self-regulatory biological system, as in the synthesis of some hormones, in which the output or response affects the input, either positively or negatively.

Origin of feedback

First recorded in 1915-20; noun use of verb phrase feed back

Examples for feedback

We shot the video based on the feedback we got from the general public for what tempts them.

His heart pumped from habit, not controlled by the feedback of sound or feeling.

Then all they'll do is buzz and sputter until the feedback is broken with the key.

At the beginning there is a rumbling sound that seems to be feedback.

Have you ever heard any feedback from the CIA/actual spies on Archer?

Before we leave, we throw the machines into feedback, every one of them.

But then I thought about the feedback I get from fans, yes we do listen to you, and thought why not?

The feedback you got each week from the judges was always so glowing.

At each moment in time, projects will be accessible, and feedback can be provided.

feedback will be to a master control servo that'll activate the heater or cooler.