negative feedback

/ˌnɛgədɪv ˌfidˈbæk/
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Definitions of negative feedback
  1. noun
    feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
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    type of:
    feedback
    the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
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