ALL-OR-NONE LAW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("all-or-none law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

neurophysiology (the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system)

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