opaline

adj : having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an

iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent)

clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky

opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: {iridescent}, {nacreous},

{opalescent}, {pearlescent}]

Adaline

Name given by Widrow to {adaptive linear

neuron}s, that is {neuron}s (see {McCulloch-Pitts}) which

learn using the {Widrow-Huff Delta Rule}. See also

{Madaline}.

(1995-03-14)