backpropagation

== English == === Etymology === From back +‎ propagation. === Noun === backpropagation (countable and uncountable, plural backpropagations) (machine learning) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== backprop (back-formation) backpropagational ==== Related terms ==== backpropagate ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === backpropagation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia