feedforward

Meanings

nounfeedforward (countable and uncountable, plural feedforwards)

plural feedforwards · alternative feed-forward · alternative feed forward

countableuncountableAn anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards.
1991, Christopher Hodgkinson, Educational Leadership: The Moral Art, →ISBN, page 96

verbfeedforward (third-person singular simple present feedforwards, present participle feedforwarding, simple past and past participle feedforwarded)

present singular third person feedforwards · participle present feedforwarding · participle past feedforwarded · past feedforwarded · alternative feed-forward · alternative feed forward

nonstandardTo respond in advance
Contingency is handled by, for example, managers and nurses, through feedforwarding, that is, by acting anticipatively, and thereby raising the prospect of modifying not just the practical means toward an end, but of modifying the end itself.
2002, David Beckett, Paul J. Hager, Life, Work and Learning, →ISBN, page 36
Synonyms: anticipate, proact