backpropagation

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noun
Definitions
  • (computing) An error correction technique used in neural networks
  • (neurology) A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at the end of the axon, as normally, and also back through to the dendrites from which much of the original input current originated.

Etymology

Compound from English back (mild drink, back, chaser) + English propagation.

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propagation

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