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backpropagate en · VERB

Etymology

From back + propagate.

Meanings

  1. (of an action potential) To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.
    • These results demonstrate that the predicted reduction in synaptic driving force caused by appropriately timed backpropagating APs only slightly increases shunting of proximal synaptic inputs at their site of generation and at the soma. 2001 January 5, “Differential Shunting of EPSPs by Action Potentials”, in Science, volume 291, number 5501, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 138–141:

Forms

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backpropagating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backpropagates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
backpropagated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backpropagated Tense=Past lexicographic