"action potential" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 23:",
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        "A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber."
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        "(physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber."
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "electrical potential",
          "word": "動作電位"
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          "roman": "dòngzuò diànwèi",
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          "word": "akční potenciál"
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          "sense": "electrical potential",
          "word": "toimintapotentiaali"
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          "sense": "electrical potential",
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          "word": "Aktionspotential"
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          "roman": "dynamikó enérgeias",
          "sense": "electrical potential",
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          "word": "δυναμικό ενέργειας"
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          "word": "活動電位"
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      "word": "動作電位"
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