Word: backpropagation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: back
pro
pa
ga
tion
Definition: A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at the end of the axon, as normally, and also back through to the dendrites from which much of the original input current originated.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Affix: propagate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: propagatus
Language: la
Decoded: propagatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: propagated
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.