Autodifferentiation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer. uncountable
"The backward() function uses PyTorch's automatic differentiation package, torch.autograd, to differentiate and compute gradients of tensors based on the chain rule. Here's a simple example of autodifferentiation."
- 2 Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development. uncountable
"Spermatogenic cells appear to be incapable of autodifferentiation in an anhormonal environment."
- 3 The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation. uncountable
"This relation and alterity of Jesus before the Father is understood as autodifferentiation, a key word of the German author's Trinitarian theology: 'Self-differentiating himself from the Father, submitting himself as his creature to his will and thus making it the place of his divinity, what is equally required of all of his predications on the Kingdom of God is precisely the manner in which Jesus shows himself as the Son of God, one with the Father who sent Him.'"
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More examples"The backward() function uses PyTorch's automatic differentiation package, torch.autograd, to differentiate and compute gradients of tensors based on the chain rule. Here's a simple example of autodifferentiation."
Etymology
From auto- + differentiation.
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