acoustic feedback

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noun Electronics.

(in an audio system, especially a public-address system) the feedback of sound from a loudspeaker to a microphone, often resulting in a whistling noise caused by electrical oscillations.

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Also called feedback.

Words nearby acoustic feedback

acoustical surveillance, acoustical tile, acoustic aphasia, acoustic coupler, acoustic feature, acoustic feedback, acoustic guitar, acoustician, acoustic impedance, acoustic maculae, acoustic meatus

How to use acoustic feedback in a sentence

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Have you ever heard any feedback from the CIA/actual spies on Archer?
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But then I thought about the feedback I get from fans, yes we do listen to you, and thought why not?
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex|Aurora Snow|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He says he has yet to experience any negative feedback from the galaxy of Whovians.
Doctor Who: It’s Time For a Black, Asian, or Woman Doctor|Nico Hines|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the beginning there is a rumbling sound that seems to be feedback.
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs|Allen Barra|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then all they'll do is buzz and sputter until the feedback is broken with the key.
Meeting of the Board|Alan Edward Nourse
Before we leave, we throw the machines into feedback, every one of them.
Meeting of the Board|Alan Edward Nourse
Harry would then ask himself if it was not the effect of some acoustic illusion, or some strange and fantastic echo.
The Underground City|Jules Verne
Acoustic, a-kowst′ik, adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing or to the theory of sounds: used in hearing, auditory.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
They are not responsible for any specific sound or acoustic feature of sounds except, possibly, accent or stress.
Language|Edward Sapir