Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gradient descent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: gra-di-en-t de-s-cent
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thus, in gradient descent, on each epoch, we perform the parameter update."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

graduate student descent

Frequently Paired Words

graduate student descent

Questions

What does gradient descent mean?: A first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.

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