action potential

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Noun

action potential (plural action potentials)

1. (physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 23:

     Even some single-celled organisms have action potentials.

Translations

electrical potential

Chinese: Mandarin: 動作電位 / 动作电位 (zh) (dòngzuò diànwèi) Czech: akční potenciál m Finnish: toimintapotentiaali German: Aktionspotential n Greek: δυναμικό ενέργειας n (dynamikó enérgeias) Hungarian: akciós potenciál (hu) Indonesian: potensial aksi Japanese: 活動電位 (かつどうでんい, katsudōden'i) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: erkê kar Malay: keupayaan tindakan Russian: и́мпульс (ru) m (ímpulʹs) Swedish: aktionspotential (sv)

Further reading

• action potential on Wikipedia.Wikipedia