neural network

noun

: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error

called also neural net

Examples of neural network in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its approach centered on using machine learning to train neural networks to learn and make decisions in ways that resemble human cognition, rather than programming actions and reactions individually or specializing software for specific tasks (such as playing chess or modeling climate systems). —Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026

The team is exploring methods to better guide how biological neural networks learn and adapt while combining the platform with technologies such as optical imaging to gain deeper insight into brain activity. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026

We’re still left to reason through phenomena using the neural networks inside our skulls. —ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026

Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network. —Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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