
Dictionary » P » Potential gradient Potential gradientDefinition noun (1) The local space rate of change of the potential with respect to displacement. (2) The net difference in electric charge across a cell membrane.
Word origin: potential: from Late Latin potentiālis, powerful, from Latin potentia, power; gradient: from Latin gradiens, present participle of gradior (“‘to step, to walk’”). Synonym: electric gradient. ![]()
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