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rectified linear unit en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by Vinod Nair and Geoffrey Hinton in 2010 after linear units used earlier. Displaced earlier term "analog threshold element" which hasn't caught on in 1969

Meanings

  1. A unit (artificial neuron) in an artificial neural network that employs a rectifier.
  2. The rectifier function itself.

Forms

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rectified linear units Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

leaky rectified linear unit

Synonyms

ReLU