voltage potential
1Voltage multiplier — Villard cascade voltage multiplier. A voltage multiplier is an electrical circuit that converts AC electrical power from a lower voltage to a higher DC voltage, typically by means of a network of capacitors and diodes. Voltage multipliers can be… …
2Voltage — Potential difference redirects here. For other uses, see Potential. Working on high voltage power lines, Pearl Harbor …
3Voltage-dependent calcium channel — Voltage dependent calcium channels (VDCC) are a group of voltage gated ion channels found in excitable cells (e.g., muscle, glial cells, neurons, etc.) with a permeability to the ion Ca2+.[1][2] These channels are slightly permeable to sodium… …
4Voltage-gated ion channel — Voltage gated ion channels are a class of transmembrane ion channels that are activated by changes in electrical potential difference near the channel; these types of ion channels are especially critical in neurons, but are common in many types… …
5voltage clamp — n stabilization of a membrane potential by depolarization and maintenance at a given potential by means of an electric current from a source outside the living system esp. in order to study the flow of potassium and sodium ions independently of… …
6Voltage — Vol tage, n. (Elec.) Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts. [1913 Webster] …
7potential — [pō ten′shəl, pəten′shəl] adj. [ME potenciall < ML potentialis < L potentia: see POTENT] 1. that has power; potent 2. that can, but has not yet, come into being; possible; latent; unrealized; undeveloped 3. Gram. expressing possibility,… …
8voltage-gated — voltage gat·ed .gā təd adj permitting or blocking passage through a cell membrane in response to an electrical stimulus (as a potential difference between the two sides of the membrane) …
9voltage — ► NOUN ▪ an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts …
10voltage — [vōl′tij] n. electromotive force, or difference in electrical potential, measured in volts and equal to the current times the resistance: symbol, E …
