"softplus" meaning in English

See softplus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From soft + plus. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|soft|plus}} soft + plus Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} softplus (uncountable)
  1. (mathematics) A smooth approximation to the rectifier in neural networks; it is the analytic function f(x)= ln (1+eˣ). Tags: uncountable
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