action potential

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   the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

   Broadernerve impulse

Questions about action potential

What does action potential mean?

action potential means "the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted".

Is action potential a common word?

action potential is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.