neuron-likeadj.
/ˈnjʊərɒnlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊrɑnˌlaɪk/ Biology and Computing.
Resembling or behaving like a neuron or (Computing) an interconnected system of neurons.
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1907 Amer. Naturalist 41 265 The fiery, ruby-red, neuron-like, branching pigment cells spangled over a body so translucent as to show the white blood corpuscles.
1958 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 12 95 In ‘Some Uneconomical Robots,’ J. T. Culbertson shows how to realize arbitrary truth functions by interconnecting neuron-like elements.
1987 Sci. Amer. Dec. 62/2 Our work has focused on the principles that give rise to computational behavior in a particular type of neuronlike circuit.
1990 I. M. Banks Use of Weapons (1992) iii. 268 Having these neuronlike components act like their biological equivalents internally.
2000 Science (Nexis) 25 Feb. 1421 These cells are not neurons, but they make dopamine and can be coaxed to become neuronlike.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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