open-loop system
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open-loop system
a type of system, e.g. a metabolic pathway or an electrical circuit, in which control is not exerted by feedback, each operation or activity being affected only by those earlier in the sequence. Compare closed-loop system.
| open system, open reading frame, open circuit | |
| operand, operator, operon |
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