Dendrite

Definition: Dendrite

Dendrite

Noun

1. Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.

Date "dendrite" was first used: 1727. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Dendrite

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	A)a crystal formation, resulting from unregulated growth from the saturated-liquid phase; b)an anisotropic growth finger from which smaller fingers diverge, giving rise to smaller fingers in their turn, and so on, and occasionally seen at the surface of a semiconductor crystal, particularly if grown in a horizontal process. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	A slender threadlike spike of pure crystalline material, such as silicon. (references)
Mining	Any mineral forming branching moss-, fern-, or treelike patterns, e.g.,some native silver and gold. Syn:dendrolite. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Dendrite

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In biology, a dendrite is a slender, typically branched projection of a nerve cell, or "neuron," which conducts the electrical stimulation received from other cells through synapses to the body or soma of the cell from which it projects.

Many dendrites convey this stimulation passively, meaning without action potentials and without activation of voltage-gated ion channels. In such dendrites the voltage change that results from stimulation at a synapse may extend both towards and away from the soma. In other dendrites, though an action potential may not arise, nevertheless voltage-gated channels help to propagate excitatory synaptic stimulation. This propagation is efficient only toward the soma due to an uneven distribution of channels along such dendrites.

The structure and branching of a neuron's dendrites strongly influences how it integrates the input from many others, particularly those that input only weakly (more at synapse). This integration is in aspects "temporal"--involving the summation of stimuli that arrive in rapid succession--as well as "spatial"--entailing the aggregation of excitatory and inhibitory inputs from separate branches or "arbors."

Compare axon See also dendritic spine In chemistry, a dendrite is a crystal that branches into two parts during growth.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dendrite."

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Crosswords: Dendrite

English words defined with "dendrite": Arborization ♦ dendritic, Dendritical. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dendrite": dendritic markings ♦ Neurofibrils ♦ Pyramidal Cells. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Dendrite" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Italian (dendrite).

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Commercial Usage: Dendrite

Domain	Title
References	Dendrite International Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) Pattern Formation in Diffusion-Limited Crystal Growth: Beyond the Single Dendrite (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dendrite (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Usage Frequency: Dendrite

"Dendrite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dendrite" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Dendrite

Country	Name
USA	Dendrite International Inc
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dendrite

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
dendrite	74
dendrite international	15
dendrite international inc	3
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Modern Translations: Dendrite

Language		Translations for "dendrite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		枝状突起. (various references)

Danish		dendrit. (various references)

Dutch		dendrite, dendriet (flower), neurodendron, neurodendriet. (various references)

Finnish		dendriitti. (various references)

French		dendrite. (various references)

German		Dendrit (dendrit). (various references)

Greek		δενδριτικός κρύσταλλος, δενδρίτης. (various references)

Hungarian		dendrit. (various references)

Italian		dendrite. (various references)

Manx		dendreit. (various references)

Pig Latin		endriteday

Portuguese		dendrite. (various references)

Russian		дендрит. (various references)

Spanish		dendrita. (various references)

Swedish		dendrit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dendrite

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	dendrites. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Dendrite

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dendrite": dendrites. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dendrite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dandit, dendraite, dendroid, dendroids, Dennerie. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dendrite"

Words rhyming with "dendrite" (pronounced 'Den"drite'): Anhydrite, Archimandrite, Chondrite, Octahedrite, Tachhydrite, Tetrahedrite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Dendrite

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-i-n-r-t"
	-1 letter: endited, trended.
	-2 letters: denied, denier, dented, deride, dieted, dieter, dinted, edited, endite, entire, indeed, nereid, redden, reedit, reined, rended, rented, retied, retine, ridden, rident, rinded, tedder, tended, tender, tiered, tinder, triene, trined.
	-3 letters: deter, diene, dined, diner, dreed, dried, eider, ended, ender, enter, inert, inter, nided, niter, nitre, reded, redid, rente, retie, teind.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-i-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: dendrites, detrained, tendriled.
	+2 letters: bestridden, denigrated, determined, indentured, interceded, reindicted, reinducted, tenderized, tendrilled, uncredited, undirected.
	+3 letters: debridement, denitrified, depredating, depredation, deracinated, disinterred, disoriented, interbedded, interdepend, interdicted, interfolded, intergraded, interlarded, intermeddle, kindhearted, nondirected, predestined, rodenticide.
	+4 letters: administered, animadverted, credentialed, debridements, defibrinated, depredations, desiderating, desideration, determinedly, directedness, disconcerted, disheartened, disinherited, interbedding, interdepends, intermeddled, intermeddler, intermeddles, interpleaded, masterminded, overstridden, predominated, rededicating, rededication, redetermined, rediscounted, reidentified, reintroduced, rodenticides, unaccredited, unadvertised, undershirted, understudied, understudies, undetermined.
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