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membrane potential

membrane potential noun: the difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell.

Noun

membrane potential (plural membrane potentials)

  1. The difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell

Forms of membrane potential

pluralmembrane potentials

Questions about membrane potential

What does membrane potential mean?
Membrane potential means the difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell.
What part of speech is membrane potential?
Membrane potential is a noun.
What is the plural of membrane potential?
The plural of membrane potential is membrane potentials.

Words near membrane potential in the dictionary

  1. membrane evaporation
  2. membrane filtration
  3. membrane keyboard
  4. membrane keyboards
  5. membrane mimetic chemistry
  6. membrane potential
  7. membrane potentials
  8. membrane protein
  9. membrane proteins
  10. membrane separation
  11. membrane separations

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