neuristorn.
/njᵿˈrɪstə/, /njʊəˈrɪstə/, U.S. /n(j)uˈrɪstər/, /n(j)əˈrɪstər/ Electronics.
Any device that is effectively a transmission line along which a signal will travel without attenuation (generally with a supply of energy along its length).
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neuristor1960
1960 H. C. Crane in IRE Trans. Electronic Computers 9 370/1 A novel device and its properties have been hypothesized and possible digital systems employing it are briefly outlined in this note. The device, termed Neuristor,..may be visualized as a one-dimensional channel along which signals may flow...A discharge signal has the following properties: 1) attenuationless propagation, 2) uniform velocity of propagation, 3) a refractory period. These characteristics are somewhat similar to the gross properties of transmission of discharge pulses by neurons in the nervous system—hence the name neuristor.
1965 Electronics Lett. 1 134/1 In most cases, neuristors which can propagate pulses have been considered, but one which can only propagate a discharge has also been studied.
1972 Nucl. Instruments & Methods 104 593 (heading) On the possibility of using superconducting neuristor line as particle detector.
1989 Soviet Physics: Techn. Physics 34 901/1 Solitary waves of the neuristor type..are the most interesting kinds of excitations known to occur in active media with diffusion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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