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NEURAL NET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neural net mean? 

NEURAL NET (noun)
  The noun NEURAL NET has 2 senses:

1. computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and errorplay

2. any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the bodyplay

  Familiarity information: NEURAL NET used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEURAL NET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

neural net; neural network

Hypernyms ("neural net" is a kind of...):

computer architecture (the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neural net; neural network

Hypernyms ("neural net" is a kind of...):

reticulum (any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neural net"):

reticular formation; RF (a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone)

RAS; reticular activating system (the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function)

Holonyms ("neural net" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)


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