Minimal vs Neuron - What's the difference?
minimal | neuron |
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
(arts) characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
(music) characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
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As an adjective minimal
is the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.As a proper noun neuron is
title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher cell press.minimal
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* minimally * minimal pairAntonyms
* maximalneuron
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* neuroneNoun
(en-noun)The machine of a new soul, passage=The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons , work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.}}