impulse excitation

  • 11excitation — 1. The act of increasing the rapidity or intensity of the physical or mental processes. 2. In neurophysiology, the complete all or none response of a nerve or muscle to an adequate stimulus, ordinarily including propagation of e. along the… …

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  • 12excitation-contraction coupling — Name given to the chain of processes coupling excitation of a muscle by the arrival of a nervous impulse at the motor end plate to the contraction of the filaments of the sarcomere. The crucial link is the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic …

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  • 13excitation — n. (in neurophysiology) the triggering of a conducted impulse in the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve fibre. During excitation a polarized membrane becomes momentarily depolarized and an action potential is set up …

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  • 14impulse — I. transitive verb (impulsed; impulsing) Date: 1611 to give an impulse to II. noun Etymology: Latin impulsus, from impellere to impel Date: 1647 1. a. inspiration, motivation …

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  • 15pulse excitation — impulsinis sužadinimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. impulse excitation; pulse excitation vok. Impulsanregung, f; Impulserregung, f rus. импульсное возбуждение, n pranc. excitation par impulsions, f …

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  • 16shock excitation — noun Etymology: shock (III) : impulse excitation …

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  • 17cardiac impulse — n the wave of cardiac excitation passing from the sinoatrial node to the atrioventricular node and along the bundle of His and initiating the cardiac cycle broadly HEARTBEAT * * * the palpable or recorded movement of the chest wall caused by the… …

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  • 18cardiac impulse — noun : the wave of cardiac excitation passing from the sinoatrial node to the atrioventricular node and along the atrioventricular bundle and initiating the cardiac cycle; broadly : heartbeat …

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  • 19Measuring principle — A sender emits a wave which is scattered by an object. The backscattered part of the wave reaches a receiver: The measurement principle of sonar and radar devices …

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  • 20Thermal shock — is the name given to cracking as a result of rapid temperature change. Glass and ceramic objects are particularly vulnerable to this form of failure, due to their low toughness, low thermal conductivity, and high thermal expansion coefficients.… …

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