feedback loop

noun

Computers, Electronics.

1. the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.

Word History and Origins

Origin of feedback loop¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Between Russ — Danny is a college student in 2025 — all of these coaches who are constantly caught in the negative feedback loop of being the coach of a struggling team — it had to sound modern.

From Los Angeles Times

He stuck to his pattern and quickly fell into a familiar feedback loop: Flood the zone with chaos, and then pretend it never happened.

From Salon

Where forested regions struggle to regrow before the next fire, they can become part of a climate feedback loop, according to Dr Thomas Smith, Associate Professor in Environmental Geography at the London School of Economics.

From BBC

And it is all being fed by sycophants and henchmen who have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

From Salon

"The current system gives the illusion of a feedback loop, but it's a dead end."

From BBC