nerve fibre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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However, it is very difficult to correctly determine the direction of nerve fibres at the crossing points of nerve fibre bundles, as nerve fibres with different directions overlap there.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024
“Everywhere I look at changes of behaviour during the pandemic, this little flag is flying, this nerve fibre – touch, touch, touch!”
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2020
“This nerve fibre is responsible for so many aspects of our wellbeing across our lifespan. I call it the Higgs boson of the social brain. The missing particle that glues everything social together.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2018
It was wrong to picture a current passing along a nerve fibre as if through a metallic conductor.
From Time Magazine Archive
In many Crustacea and Insects there are flattened hairs each connected with a nerve fibre, and so constituted as to vibrate in response to particular notes.
From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir
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