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recurrent

recurrent

1 6.8
In computing, a model that sends information back to remember earlier data
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈkɜːrənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recurrente
  • The recurrent layers in the model allow it to remember previous inputs and improve its predictions.
  • recurrent laryngeal nerve
  • recurrent laryngeal

Examples

  • And then you can unfold this, this little recurrent neural network in time.

  • There is also these amazing things called recurrent neural networks.

  • Rather, we have a single recurrent class of states.

  • Now what if we had multiple recurrent classes?

  • So you stack your recurrent network on top of each other.

  • The second paper discussed the use of deep, recurrent neural networks to detect anomalous network activity from system logs.

    Academic text (2017)

  • A recurrent nova is a star that shows repeated outbursts of energy, temporarily increasing its luminosity roughly a thousandfold.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Nation-building in IMT was a long, drawn-out, and sometimes quite violent project rooted in recurrent crises.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Recurrent smallpox in 1799-1800 probably killed a significant portion of Yavapais born after 1781.

    Academic text (1999)

  • We recently began performing intraoperative electrophysiologic monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve during high-risk thyroidectomies.

    Academic text (2005)

Compounds

recurrent event
3.7

An event that happens again and again at regular times

recurrent fever
  • Specialized
7.5

A disease that causes repeated high fevers with chills, headaches, and muscle pain often from lice or tick bites

Surface Forms

recurrent positive

Morphology

recurrent = recur (semi-transparent) = recur + ent

The form is clearly 'recur' + '-ent', but the computing sense is a technical extension (specialized usage) rather than a purely general-language meaning.

Etymology

Recurrent in computing keeps the same origin: the parts re- 'again' and currere 'to run', so imagine a process that 'runs again' over earlier steps. That is why a recurrent network or layer feeds information back or repeats steps to keep memory across time.