all-or-none law
[ awl-er-nuhn ]
nounPhysiology.
the principle that under given conditions the response of a nerve or muscle fiber to a stimulus at any strength above the threshold is the same: the muscle or nerve responds completely or not at all.
Origin of all-or-none law
1First recorded in 1895–1900
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