An auxostat is a continuous

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device which, while in operation, uses

feedback Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to ''feed back'' into itself. The notion of cause-and-effect has to be handled ...

from a measurement taken on the growth chamber to control the

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flow rate, maintaining the measurement at a constant. Auxo was the

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goddess of spring growth, and represents nutrients as a prefix. However, the most typical auxostats are pH-auxostats, with feedback between the growth rate and a pH meter. Other auxostats may measure

oxygen Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as we ...

tension,

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concentrations, and sugar concentrations

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