neuron
See also: Neuron
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnʊɹɑn/, /ˈnɝɑn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjʊəɹɒn/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈnjəɹɑn/
Noun
neuron (plural neurons or neura)
- (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
- 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
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- (zoology) A nervure of an insect's wing.
- (artificial intelligence) an artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)
Synonyms
- (cell of nervous system): neurocyte
- (cell of nervous system): nerve cell
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
a cell of the nervous system
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Further reading
- neuron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- neuron in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- neuron at OneLook Dictionary Search
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneu̯ron/
Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | neuron | neurony |
genitive | neuronu | neuronů |
dative | neuronu | neuronům |
accusative | neuron | neurony |
vocative | neurone | neurony |
locative | neuronu | neuronech |
instrumental | neuronem | neurony |
Synonyms
- nervová buňka
Danish
Declension
Declension of neuron
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | neuron | neuronen | neuroner | neuronerne |
genitive | neurons | neuronens | neuroners | neuronernes |
Synonyms
Polish
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neǔroːn/
- Hyphenation: ne‧u‧ron
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