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- noun physics a feedback loop in which the
output signal of a system is amplified with a net negative gain and added to the input signal, before the main amplifier
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- noun feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
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“12.136 What is a negative-feedback or degenerative amplifier?—An amplifier in which a portion of the output signal voltage is fed back 180 degrees out of phase to the input.”
Audio Cyclopedia by Howard M. Tremaine, Howard W. Sams & Co., 1969, pg. 573
February 4, 2010