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    ELECTRIC POTENTIAL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in voltsplay

    Synonyms:

    electric potential; potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("electric potential" is a kind of...):

    electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric potential"):

    evoked potential (the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus)

    resting potential (the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse)

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