electroreceptiveadj.
/ᵻˌlɛtrəʊrᵻˈsɛptɪv/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊrəˈsɛptɪv/, /iˌlɛktroʊriˈsɛptɪv/ 1. Chiefly U.S. That responds to an electric current or charge; undergoing a change of state in the presence of an electric current or charge.Chiefly used in outside patent descriptions.
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1886 U.S. Patent 340,717 1/1 In a series of groups of electro-receptive devices the current..in the main conductor will divide itself in definite proportions through each electro-receptive device of each group.
1905 E. J. Houston Electr. in Every-day Life II. xxviii. 390 (caption) Faraday's Early Electric Motor. The forerunner of one of the most important of commercial electro receptive devices.
1930 U.S. Patent 1,757,288 3/1 A circuit controlled by an electroreceptive device.
2002 U.S. Patent 6,362,845 1 The applied voltage necessary to initiate air breakdown and generate a plasma-discharge between styli tips and the electroreceptive surface is at a minimum at a stylus spacing of a few microns.
2. Zoology. Of or relating to electroreception; capable of electroreception, sensitive to electrical stimuli.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [adjective] > reception or transmission of impulses
projectional1852
facilitatory1867
conductive1881
cheirokinaesthetic1900
nociceptive1904
interoceptive1906
photoreceptive1906
proprioceptive1906
adrenotropic1915
photosensory1919
adrenergic1934
saltatory1934
somatotopic1945
psychomotoric1949
supersensitive1949
mechanoreceptive1951
trans-synaptic1954
somatotopical1958
electroreceptive1967
psychomotorical1969
1967 Physiol. & Behavior 2 332/1 (heading) Electroreceptive responses of the lateral line nerve.
1989 Jrnl. Zool. 219 251 Though Myxine glutinosa has a well-developed olfactory organ it lacks functional eyes.., electroreceptive organs..and lateral line canals.
2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean vi. 127 (caption) Hair cells form the sensory basis of..the electroreceptive ampullary organ.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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