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neurones

noun

Meaning

  1. A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
  2. A nervure of an insect's wing.
  3. An artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)

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