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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 Related terms 1.2.5 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

feed +‎ back

[edit] Noun

feedback (uncountable)

1. Critical assessment on information produced

   After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

2. (cybernetics, systems) The signal that is looped back to control a system within itself.
3. The high-pitched howling noise heard when there's a loop between a microphone and a speaker.

[edit] Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "feedback": positive, negative, delayed, linear, nonlinear, etc.

[edit] Synonyms

• (noise): audio feedback
• (noise): Larsen effect

[edit] Derived terms

• biofeedback
• feedbacker
• feedback loop
• feedback control
• negative feedback
• positive feedback

[edit] Related terms

• feedforward
• buffering

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to feedback (third-person singular simple present feedbacks, present participle feedbacking, simple past and past participle feedbacked)

1. (music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.

   The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.

2. (transitive) To provide informational feedback to.

   His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.

3. (transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.

   Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

[edit] Usage notes

• Some are likely to prefer "feed back" and its inflected forms "feeds back", "feeding back", or "fed back".

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

feedback

1. feedback

[edit] Declension

Declension of feedback (type risti) singular plural nominative feedback feedbackit genitive feedbackin feedbackien partitive feedbackiä feedbackejä accusative feedback feedbackin feedbackit inessive feedbackissä feedbackeissä elative feedbackistä feedbackeistä illative feedbackiin feedbackeihin adessive feedbackillä feedbackeillä ablative feedbackiltä feedbackeiltä allative feedbackille feedbackeille essive feedbackinä feedbackeinä translative feedbackiksi feedbackeiksi instructive – feedbackein abessive feedbackittä feedbackeittä comitative – feedbackeineen