Etymograph

English

afterpotential

From after- + potential.

A compound of after- + potential

Latin potens ‘powerful’

Latin potentia ‘power’

Late Latin potentialis ‘force’

English potential

Today it means

noun A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.

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Etymograph / afterpotential