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action potentials

action potentials is the plural of action potential.

Meaning of action potential

Noun

action potential (plural action potentials)

  1. A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber.
    • Even some single-celled organisms have action potentials.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 23

Questions about action potentials

What is action potentials the plural of?
Action potentials is the plural of action potential.

Words near action potentials in the dictionary

  1. action plan
  2. action plans
  3. action point
  4. action points
  5. action potential
  6. action potentials
  7. action replay
  8. action replays
  9. action research
  10. action sermon
  11. action sermons

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