depolarisation
/diːˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
- The process of making something less politically or socially divided, or the state of becoming less extreme in opinion.
- The leader's speech aimed at depolarisation of the political climate.
- Depolarisation of the debate allowed both sides to find common ground.
- The community hoped for depolarisation after years of heated arguments.
- In science, the loss of a difference in charge between the inside and outside of a cell membrane, especially in nerve or muscle cells.
- Scientists studied the depolarisation of the cell membrane during an impulse.
- The heart muscle contracts after depolarisation of its cells.
- Depolarisation of the neuron triggers an electrical signal.
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