Usually means: Electrical signal transmitting neural information.
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  1. action potential: Merriam-Webster
  2. action potential: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. action potential: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. action potential: Vocabulary.com
  6. action potential: Wiktionary
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  11. action potential: FreeDictionary.org
  12. action potential: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  14. action potential: Merriam-Webster

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  1. action potential: Legal dictionary

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  1. action potential: Encyclopedia

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  1. action potential: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  6. action potential, potential, action: Medical dictionary

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  2. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (action potential)

noun:  (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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