English Explanatory Dictionary

afterpotential

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

afterpotential afterpotentials

Etymology

From after- + potential.

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