neuron
nounEtymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”), doublet of nerve and sinew. By surface analysis, neuro- + -on.
- derived from νεῦρον
Definitions
A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses
A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
A nervure of an insect's wing.
A mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.
The neighborhood
- synonymneuron
- neighborneural
- neighborneuralgia
- neighborneuritis
- neighborneurology
- neighborneuroscience
- neighborneurosis
- neighborneura
- neighborneurode
- neighborcell
Derived
algoneuron, antimirror neuron, antineuron, clusteron, get someone's neurons firing, input neuron, interneuron, Jennifer Aniston neuron, medium spiny neuron, mirror neuron, motor neuron, motor neuron disease, multineuron, neuron activation, neuronal, neuronally, neuronic, neuronitis, neuronlike, neuronopathic, neuronopathy, neuronophage, neuronophagia, neuronophagy, paraneuron, Purkinje neuron, pyramidal neuron, rosehip neuron, sensory neuron, spindle neuron, spiny projection neuron, von Economo neuron
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at neuron. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at neuron. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at neuron
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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