positive feedback
Britishnoun
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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.
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Compare negative feedback
Example Sentences
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He posted his creation in a Reddit community for user design, where it got largely positive feedback from a group that tends to be “quite unforgiving,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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
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
“I got a lot of positive feedback, but then I got tons of negative people being like, ‘He deserved what he got,’ and that was disgusting,” said Green, 20.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025
External events combined with mob psychology and generated a positive feedback loop.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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