excitable

  • 21excitable — ex|cit|a|ble [ıkˈsaıtəbəl] adj becoming excited too easily ▪ A puppy is naturally affectionate and excitable. >excitability [ıkˌsaıtəˈbılıti] n [U] …

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  • 22excitable — ex|cit|a|ble [ ık saıtəbl ] adjective someone who is excitable becomes excited or angry very easily …

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  • 23excitable — adjective becoming excited too easily: A puppy is naturally affectionate and excitable. excitability noun (U) …

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  • 24excitable — adjective the horses are very excitable Syn: temperamental, mercurial, volatile, emotional, sensitive, high strung, unstable, nervous, tense, edgy, jumpy, twitchy, uneasy, neurotic; informal uptight, wired Ant: placid …

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  • 25excitable — UK [ɪkˈsaɪtəb(ə)l] / US adjective someone who is excitable becomes excited or angry very easily …

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  • 26Excitable medium — An excitable medium is a nonlinear dynamical system which has the capacity to propagate a wave of some description, and which cannot support the passing of another wave until a certain amount of time has passed (known as the refractory time). A… …

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  • 27Excitable Boy — Infobox Album Name = Excitable Boy Type = studio Artist = Warren Zevon Released = start date|1978|1|18 Recorded = start date|1977, The Sound Factory, Los Angeles Genre = Rock, pop rock, folk rock Length = 31:29 Label = Asylum Producer = Jackson… …

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  • 28excitable cell — A cell in which the membrane response to depolarizations is non linear, causing amplification and propagation of the depolarisation (an action potential ). Apart from neurons and muscle cells, electrical excitability can be observed in fertilized …

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  • 29excitable cell — a cell that can generate an action potential at its membrane in response to depolarization and may transmit an impulse along the membrane; most are nerve cells or muscle cells, although other kinds of cells have also been shown to be excitable …

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  • 30excitable gap — in cardiology, the area of repolarized, excitable tissue that can exist between the head of an approaching depolarizing wavefront and the tail of that preceding …

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