"neural" meaning in English

See neural in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈnʊɹəl/ [General-American], /ˈnɝəl/ [General-American], /ˈnjʊəɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnjəɹəl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neural.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|νεῦρον||a sinew, nerve}} Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”), {{suffix|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} neural (not comparable)
  1. (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (of or relating to the nerves): нервен (nerven) (Bulgarian), на нервите (na nervite) (Bulgarian), neural (Catalan), neuraal (Dutch), hermostollinen (Finnish), neuraalinen (Finnish), neuro- (Finnish), neural (French), neural (Galician), neural (German), néarógach (Irish), neurale (Italian), nevral (Norwegian Bokmål), nevral (Norwegian Nynorsk), neural (Portuguese), neural (Spanish), nerv- (Swedish), neural (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-neural-en-adj-xuxlWox9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 72 28 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the nerves': 95 5
  2. (computing) Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (modelled on the arrangement of neurons): neural (Catalan), neuraalinen (Finnish), neuro- (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-neural-en-adj-1TLjIZz9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'modelled on the arrangement of neurons': 12 88
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      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "néarógach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neurale"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "nevral"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "nevral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "nerv-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the nerves",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "modelled on the arrangement of neurons",
      "word": "neural"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "modelled on the arrangement of neurons",
      "word": "neuraalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "modelled on the arrangement of neurons",
      "word": "neuro-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neural"
}

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