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ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
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)
