closed loop
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5.1
- noun
- Specialized
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- In a closed loop system, the thermostat adjusts the heating based on the temperature feedback it receives.
- closed loop system
- closed loop control
- closed loop feedback
Robots that can monitor their world like this are said to have closed loop control.
- Robots that can monitor their world like this are said to have closed loop control.
- However, subsequent studies have now taken a more nuanced approach and it's the one that we've taken to and it's called closed loop stimulation.
- But it's that closed loop feedback because remember the the brain is controlling the periphery and controlling the sympathetic nervous system.
Examples
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Meanwhile, researchers are implementing ways to use helium more sustainably, such as using closed loop systems.
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The main problem is that regulation fails to promote closed-loop systems while generating a good deal of confusion and annoyance.
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And so they create a closed loop system where everything works with itself.
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OK, so this is a typical closed loop control system, right?
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So the dynamic response of the closed loop is faster with higher gain.
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Robots that can monitor their world like this are said to have closed loop control.
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The ultimate answer for precise, responsive, flexible closed-loop motor speed control.
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The changes could force many power plants to move toward closed-loop cooling towers rather than use once-through cooling.
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The filtering combines with the closed-loop nature of the system to make the NST extremely durable.
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The Auburn, N.Y., City Hall installed a closed-loop geothermal system that reaches down into the earth for a natural energy source.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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3.7
Part of what a machine or system sends out is returned into its input to control it
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4.2
A system where part of what it makes is sent back to change how it works
A control system that uses information from sensors to adjust itself automatically
An electrical circuit that sends part of its output back to its input to control how it works
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
The core meaning — a loop that is closed or a circuit without an opening — is directly and compositionally derived from 'closed' + 'loop', so a learner who knows both words can infer the basic idea. Although the specific engineering notion of feedback control requires domain knowledge, the phrase's literal composition is transparent and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner can grasp its basic sense.
Etymology
Closed loop comes from the image of a closed circle, a loop, that sends a system's result back to its input so it can check and correct itself. That's why it means a system that 'adjusts itself' or 'keeps the right level' by using its own results to make changes.