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activation function
ak-tih-VAY-shun FUNK-shun
ˌæktɪˈveɪʃən ˈfʌŋkʃənListen
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activationfunction
Dictionary meaning
mathematical function applied to each neuron's output in a neural network to introduce non-linearity; common examples include ReLU, sigmoid, and tanh; without activation functions, deep networks would behave like linear models
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