dropout
IPA: drˈɑpaʊt
noun
- Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
- Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
- One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
- (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
- A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
- Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
- A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.
drop out
IPA: drˈɑpˈaʊt
verb
- (idiomatic) To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
- To opt out of conventional society.
- (of sound, electronic signal, etc.) To be lost or momentarily interrupted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out.
drop-out
IPA: drˈɑpˈaʊt
noun
- Alternative spelling of dropout [Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course]