HyperDic: action_potential

English > 1 sense of the expression *action potential*:
NOUN	event	action potential	the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

English > *action potential*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	The local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted.
Broader	nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse	The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
Spanish	potencial de acción
Catalan	potencial d'acció