negative feedback

noun

Definition of NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

: feedback that tends to dampen a process by applying the output against the initial conditions

1934

Medical Dictionary

noun

: feedback that tends to stabilize a process by reducing its rate or output when its effects are too great

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