deep learning

noun

A form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.

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Meanings

noundeep learning (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemachine learningA form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.

    Discovering all minimal conflict-sets amounts to acquiring all the possible information out of a dead-end. Yet, such deep learning may require considerable amount of work.

    1986 August 11, Rina Dechter, “Learning while searching in constraint-satisfaction-problems”, in Proceedings of the Fifth AAAI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI'86), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: AAAI Press, →DOI, pages 178–183
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    Deep learning was given a particularly audacious display at a conference last month in Tianjin, China, when Richard F. Rashid, Microsoft’s top scientist, gave a lecture in a cavernous auditorium while a computer program recognized his words and simultaneously displayed them in English on a large screen above his head.

    2012 November 23, John Markoff, “Scientists See Promise in Deep-Learning Programs”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: DL

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.

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Origin

Coined by Israeli-American computer scientist Rina Dechter in 1986, in the context of backtracking in theorem proving. Later applied to multilayered (“deep”) neural networks by Geoffrey Hinton.

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Translations

Afrikaans diepleer
  • diepleerform of machine learning
Chinese Mandarin 深度學習 /深度学习
  • 深度學習 /深度学习 (shēndù xuéxí)form of machine learning
Finnish syväoppiminen
  • syväoppiminenform of machine learning
French apprentissage profond, deep learning
  • apprentissage profondform of machine learning
  • deep learningform of machine learning
German Deep Learning
  • Deep Learningform of machine learning
Greek βαθιά μάθηση
  • βαθιά μάθηση (vathiá máthisi)form of machine learning
Italian apprendimento profondo, deep learning
  • apprendimento profondoform of machine learning
  • deep learningform of machine learning
Japanese ディープラーニング, 深層学習
  • ディープラーニングform of machine learning
  • 深層学習form of machine learning
Korean 딥 러닝
  • 딥 러닝 (dip reoning)form of machine learning
Polish deep learning, głębokie uczenie
  • deep learningform of machine learning
  • głębokie uczenieform of machine learning
  • uczenie głębokieform of machine learning
Portuguese aprendizado profundo
  • aprendizado profundoform of machine learning
Russian глубо́кое обуче́ние
  • глубо́кое обуче́ние (glubókoje obučénije)form of machine learning
Spanish aprendizaje profundo
  • aprendizaje profundoform of machine learning
Swedish djupinlärning
  • djupinlärningform of machine learning
Thai การเรียนรู้เชิงลึก
  • การเรียนรู้เชิงลึก (gaan-riian-rúu-chəəng-lʉ́k)form of machine learning
Turkish derin öğrenme
  • derin öğrenmeform of machine learning
Vietnamese học sâu, học cấu trúc sâu
  • học sâuform of machine learning
  • học cấu trúc sâuform of machine learning
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APA

deep learning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20learning

MLA

“deep learning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20learning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deep learning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20learning.

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