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depolarize

American

[dee-pohl-er-ahyz] / diˈpoʊl ərˌaɪz /

verb (used with object)

depolarized, depolarizing

to reduce or eliminate electrical charge or polarization.

verb (used without object)

depolarized, depolarizing

to go through a reduction or loss of electrical charge or polarization.

depolarize British

/ diːˈpəʊləˌraɪz /

verb

to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization

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Part of what we’re trying to do is depolarize this issue.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2023

Na+ enters the postsynaptic cell and causes the postsynaptic membrane to depolarize.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This influx of positive ions causes the neuron to depolarize, generating an action potential.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Researchers have now found that Escherichia coli drop this voltage difference for a brief moment and depolarize, much as neurons do when they fire.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 14, 2011

The second thing would be to depolarize every fixed religious idea in the mind by changing the word which stands for it.——I don't know what you mean by "depolarizing" an idea,—said the divinity-student.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

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