Meanings
- uncountableA model of behavior, in numerous disparate fields, based on the properties of negative feedback control loops that maintain a sensed variable at or near a reference value by means of the effects of their outputs upon that variable, as mediated by physical properties of the environment.
Synonyms: PCT
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA model of behavior, in numerous disparate fields, based on the properties of negative feedback control loops that maintain a sensed variable at or near a reference value by means of the effects of their outputs upon that variable, as mediated by physical properties of the environment.
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perceptual control theory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceptual%20control%20theory
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