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Search Results for: polarization

Hyperpolarization

Definition noun The process or act of making the membrane potential of a cell more negative Supplement Hyperpolarization is... Read More

Polarization

Definition noun (general) The condition of polarity (biology) The process or act of producing positive and negative... Read More

Depolarization

Depolarization is the removal of polarity by a process or action. It might also be used to describe how such activity leads... Read More

Repolarization

Definition noun The process or act of repolarizing; the restoration of a polarized condition Supplement In physiology,... Read More

Axon hillock

Axon Hillock Definition What is axon hillock? If you are familiar with the different parts of the neuron, the axon hillock... Read More

Undulatory

undulatory moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell... Read More

Polarized light

Definition noun Light in which electromagnetic vibrations oscillate repeatedly in only one direction perpendicular to the... Read More

Dextrin

Definition noun, plural: dextrins A carbohydrate that has a chemical formula of C18H32O16, used chiefly as a thickening... Read More