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afterpotentials

afterpotentials is the plural of afterpotential.

Meaning of afterpotential

Noun

afterpotential (plural afterpotentials)

  1. A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.

Questions about afterpotentials

What is afterpotentials the plural of?
Afterpotentials is the plural of afterpotential.

Words near afterpotentials in the dictionary

  1. afterperception
  2. afterpiece
  3. afterpieces
  4. afterplay
  5. afterpotential
  6. afterpotentials
  7. afterpulse
  8. afterpulses
  9. afterpulsing
  10. afterquake
  11. afterquakes

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