action potential

English

Noun

action potential (plural action potentials)

1. (physiology) A short term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins 2018, p. 23:

     Even some single-celled organisms have action potentials.

Translations

electrical potential

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: akční potenciál m
• Finnish: toimintapotentiaali
• German: Aktionspotential n

• Greek: δυναμικό ενέργειας n (dynamikó enérgeias)
• Hungarian: akciós potenciál (hu)
• Japanese: 活動電位 (かつどうでんい, katsudōden'i)
• Russian: и́мпульс (ru) m (ímpulʹs)
• Swedish: aktionspotential (sv)

Further reading

• action potential on Wikipedia.Wikipedia