open loop

American  

noun

Engineering.

1. a control system in which an input alters the output, but the output has no feedback loop and therefore no effect on the input.

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Example Sentences

"You get a ping on a device and it creates an open loop," says Ms Marshall.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2023

In the most popular systems, called open loop scrubbers, seawater is discharged to the ocean after little or no treatment.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

Many approaches, he says, are open loop, meaning that they don’t track the effect of the modulation using an EEG.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2018

Fauss, president of the prepaid card association, said that, unlike cash, open loop cards can not be used anonymously because they require vendors to collect purchasers' identification.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2016

The British naval guns were placed upon this side, for, as the open loop formed by the river lies at this end, it is the part of the defences which is most liable to assault.

From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir