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Neuron vs Hyperconnectivity - What's the difference?

neuron | hyperconnectivity |

As nouns the difference between neuron and hyperconnectivity

is that neuron is (cytology) a cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites neurons are connected by synapses while hyperconnectivity is (computing) the state of a network in which the number of nodes is far in excess of the number of users.

neuron

English

Alternative forms

* neurone

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage=The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons , work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.}}

    Synonyms

    * neurocyte * nerve cell

    Derived terms

    * neural * neuralgia * neuritis * neurology * neuronal * neuronic * neuronally * neuroscience * neurosis

    See also

    * neura * neurode * (wikipedia "neuron")

    hyperconnectivity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hyperconnectivity) (-)
  • (computing) The state of a network in which the number of nodes is far in excess of the number of users.
  • (pathology) The state of the brain, in schizophrenia or epileptic seizure, in which an excessive number of connections are made between neurons.
  • Increased connectedness of human beings through social media, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * (excessive connections between neurons) hyperconnection * (increased connectedness of human beings) hyperconnectedness