neuromorphic

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adjective

That mimic and implement neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system to be used in a practical computing system.

“neuromorphic computing”

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Meanings

adjectiveneuromorphic (not generally comparable, comparative more neuromorphic, superlative most neuromorphic)

comparative more neuromorphic · superlative most neuromorphic

  1. not comparableusuallycomputingThat mimic and implement neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system to be used in a practical computing system.

    neuromorphic computing

    1 more example

    “There is not going to be a single model for computing. We’ve had the linear, the serial one. We’re developing the neuromorphic methods that are designed around pattern recognition ... There will be a change, not just architecturally, but also in the way we integrate data that we are not doing now."

    2015 July 20, Adrienne LaFrance, quoting Peter Littlewood, “The Definition of 'Computer' Is Changing”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2016

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  7. Englishneuromorphic

From neuro- + -morphic.

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

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Chicago

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