For any system that has an → input and
→ output,
the return of a fraction of the output to the input for the next action.
Feedback process allows a system to regulate itself by monitoring its own
output. It is of prime importance to
the working of all regulatory mechanisms found in
living and non-living nature, as well as in social systems such
as education and economy.
By extension, any response or information about the
result of a process.
→ stellar feedback.
See also: → feedback loop,
→ negative feedback,
→ positive feedback,
→ radiative feedback,
→ feedforward.
See also: → feed; → back.
