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recurrent

recurrent

1 6.8
In computing, a model that sends information back to remember earlier data
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈkɜːrənt/
  • Specialized
: 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 fever
  • Specialized
1 7.5

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

An event that happens again and again at regular times

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.