positive feedback

British  

noun

1. See feedback

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positive feedback Scientific  

1. Feedback in which the output quantity or signal adds to the input quantity or signal. Positive feedback is responsible for the squealing of microphones when placed too close to the speaker through which their input signals are amplified.

2. Compare negative feedback

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Example Sentences

After many rounds of bench and consumer testing, and after receiving positive feedback from test consumers, the team was ready to go to market with their product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Ayub now runs these free training sessions for 45 boxers aged between 8 and 19 three times a week, with positive feedback from his students as well as from the community.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Director and co-writer Hikari, who was born in Osaka, says she’s received similarly positive feedback.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The second is evidence of a positive feedback cycle in which these fractures increased ice acceleration, which in turn caused further damage.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

The materials we developed were generating positive feedback, and I became hopeful that we might be able to push back against the suppression of this difficult history of racial injustice.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson