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backward passes

backward passes is the plural of backward pass.

Meaning of backward pass

Noun

backward pass (plural backward passes)

  1. A pass thrown backwards instead of forward, equivalent in the rules to a hand-off.
  2. (machine learning) The step of the backpropagation algorithm wherein the error gradient is applied in reverse order through the neural network by recursive application of the chain rule.

Questions about backward passes

What is backward passes the plural of?
Backward passes is the plural of backward pass.

Words near backward passes in the dictionary

  1. backward integrations
  2. backward linkage
  3. backward linkages
  4. backward masking
  5. backward pass
  6. backward passes
  7. backward pawn
  8. backward pawns
  9. backward rationalization
  10. backward rationalizations
  11. backward rationalize

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