dropout — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course

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   The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.

2. Someone who has opted out of conventional society.

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

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   The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive.

   To avoid excessive dropouts from the study, we wouldn't employ a single tutored group and a single control group that received no instruction at all.

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

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

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6. Momentary loss of an electronic signal.

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

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Noun

1. someone who quits school before graduation

   Broader terms

   quitter

2. someone who withdraws from a social group or environment

   Broader terms

   individualist