noun🔗ShareA cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses."When Maria touched the hot stove, a signal raced along a neuron in her hand to her brain, telling her to pull away quickly. "physiologyorgananatomybiologymedicinebiochemistrysciencehumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA nervure of an insect's wing."The sunlight glinted off the dragonfly's wing, highlighting each delicate neuron like a tiny vein. "insectanimalbiologyanatomypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network)"A single neuron in a simple artificial neural network might be responsible for deciding if an email is likely spam based on the number of exclamation points it contains. "computingtechnologymachineelectronicssystemmathfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
