dropout

noun

1. 1

   Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course

   “The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.”

2. 2

   Someone who has opted out of conventional society.

3. 3

   One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.

4. 4

   The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.

5. 5

   A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.

6. 6

   Momentary loss of an electronic signal.

7. 7

   A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.