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open-loop

open-loop adjective: any system that does not use feedback.

Adjective

open-loop (not comparable)

  1. Any system that does not use feedback.
    • An open-loop system is unable to correct any errors that it makes, and it cannot engage in machine learning.
    • See open-loop controller and open-loop model on Wikipedia.

Questions about open-loop

What does open-loop mean?
Open-loop means any system that does not use feedback.
What part of speech is open-loop?
Open-loop is an adjective.

Words near open-loop in the dictionary

  1. open-heartedly
  2. open-heartedness
  3. open-hearth
  4. open-kneed
  5. open-kneed breeches
  6. open-loop
  7. open-mid
  8. open-minded
  9. open-mindedly
  10. open-mindedness
  11. open-mindednesses

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