neural
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- interneural adjective
- neurally adverb
- nonneural adjective
- postneural adjective
- preneural adjective
- subneural adjective
- unneural adjective
Etymology
Origin of neural
Explanation
Something described as neural has to do with your body's nervous system, particularly your nerves. When you stub your toe, a neural signal is sent to your brain to tell you how much it hurts. The word neural has a Greek root, neuron, or "nerve." This scientific term is sometimes used interchangeably with neurological for anything connected with the entire nervous system. Neural pathways describe the route messages take through your nerves and spinal cord to your brain, and a neural disorder is an ailment that affects that part of your body.
Vocabulary lists containing neural
Body Parts: Neur ("Nerve")
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"Magic and the Brain," Vocabulary from the magazine article
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Example Sentences
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Deep learning is a form of AI that uses layers of neural networks—computer programs that mimic structures in the brain—to solve complex problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
These signals reliably activated real neurons and triggered neural circuits in a way similar to natural brain activity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
The trading firm uses tens of thousands of graphics processing units to develop neural networks informing its trading strategies.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
This method allowed researchers to directly link patterns of neural communication with underlying genetic expression.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
“Did you read over the company’s brochure and the spec sheets? The Nexus-6 brain unit they’re using now is capable of selecting within a field of two trillion constituents, or ten million separate neural pathways.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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