dendrite
noun
den·drite
ˈden-ˌdrīt 
1
: a branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral
also
: the mineral so marked
2
: a crystallized arborescent form
3
: any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a neuron see neuron illustration
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Lithium dendrite can cause a short circuit that sparks a fire, Chen wrote.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
To visualize the elements that make up neurons—axons, dendrites, and cell bodies—Seung and Berger used a computer to draw 3-D surfaces around the neural structures found in the cube.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The top-right cube shows only dendrites, the signal-receiving portions of neurons.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Chen, whose research is partly funded by GM and the U.S. Department of Energy, has studied the cause of thermal runaway, which is the formation of lithium dendrite, a metal that can grow in tree-branch-like patterns along the battery.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
Thousands of tiny neurons run axons — the brain’s transmission cables for electrical impulses — perpendicularly through the stack of dendrites, like threads in a loom.
—Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
The technology is tantalizing, but it's troubled by the formation of dendrites—spikes of lithium crystals that can grow and puncture the cathode.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2023
Other vital structures, the axons and dendrites — known collectively as neurites — that project from the nerve cells and send and receive messages are dependent on this neural transport network.
—Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
This can cause chemical reactions that produce very sharp lithium needles called dendrites on the battery’s anode – the electrode with a negative charge.
—Apparao Rao, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
To visualize the elements that make up neurons—axons, dendrites, and cell bodies—Seung and Berger used a computer to draw 3-D surfaces around the neural structures found in the cube.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The top-right cube shows only dendrites, the signal-receiving portions of neurons.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Chen, whose research is partly funded by GM and the U.S. Department of Energy, has studied the cause of thermal runaway, which is the formation of lithium dendrite, a metal that can grow in tree-branch-like patterns along the battery.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
Thousands of tiny neurons run axons — the brain’s transmission cables for electrical impulses — perpendicularly through the stack of dendrites, like threads in a loom.
—Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
The technology is tantalizing, but it's troubled by the formation of dendrites—spikes of lithium crystals that can grow and puncture the cathode.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2023
Other vital structures, the axons and dendrites — known collectively as neurites — that project from the nerve cells and send and receive messages are dependent on this neural transport network.
—Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
This can cause chemical reactions that produce very sharp lithium needles called dendrites on the battery’s anode – the electrode with a negative charge.
—Apparao Rao, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
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dendrite
noun
den·drite
ˈden-ˌdrīt
1
: a branching figure (as in a mineral or stone) resembling a tree
2
: any of the usually branching extensions of a neuron over which impulses travel toward the cell body compare axon
dendritic
adjective
den-ˈdrit-ik
Medical Definition
dendrite
noun
den·drite
ˈden-ˌdrīt
: any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a nerve cell
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