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ALL-OR-NONE LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("all-or-none law" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
neurophysiology (the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system)