open loop

noun

: a control system for an operation or process in which there is no self-correcting action as there is in a closed loop

Examples of open loop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both behaviors stem from a fundamental drive for resolution, where open loops and inefficiency are cognitively costly. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

The fluid travels through an open loop, exposed to the near-absolute zero of the void, maximizing radiative surface area before being caught by a collector and pumped back into the ship. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026

Those open loops are streamed around the clock online, but NASA removed the audio feed from YouTube soon after the crew asked for the medical conference. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Jan. 2026

Details should plant a question the reader wants answered—an unresolved, open loop that creates an itch in the reader’s brain that only finishing the story can scratch. — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for open loop

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe