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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A branch of metacognition concerned with learning about one's own learning and learning processes. uncountable
2. 2
   A form of machine learning where automatic learning algorithms are applied to metadata about machine learning experiments, so that the machine learns how to learn. uncountable
3. 3
   A certain theory about how neurotransmitters facilitate distributed learning mechanisms. uncountable

Etymology

From meta- + learning.

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