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RESTING POTENTIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("resting potential" is a kind of...):
electric potential; potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage (the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts)