POSITIVE FEEDBACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input

Synonyms:

positive feedback; regeneration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("positive feedback" is a kind of...):

feedback (the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positive feedback"):

vicious circle; vicious cycle (one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first)