HyperDic: resting_potential

English > 1 sense of the expression resting potential:
NOUNphenomenonresting potentialthe potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
English > resting potential: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningThe potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse.
Broaderelectric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltageThe difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Catalanpotencial de repòs

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