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Bursting — is a rapid signaling mode in neurons whereby clusters of two or more action potentials (spikes) are emitted as a single signaling event. A burst of two spikes is called a doublet , three spikes triplet , four quadruplet , etc. Burst mode is… … Wikipedia
bursting — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)stɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ with n If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them. The place appears to be bursting with women directors. ...a terraced vegetable garden, bursting with produce. Syn: teeming… … English dictionary
bursting — burst|ing [ bɜrstıŋ ] adjective never before noun 1. ) bursting with if you are bursting with something such as PRIDE, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic and bursting… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bursting — UK [ˈbɜː(r)stɪŋ] / US [ˈbɜrstɪŋ] adjective [never before noun] 1) a) if you are bursting with something such as pride, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it bursting with: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic… … English dictionary
bursting — [ˈbɜːstɪŋ] adj 1) if you are bursting with something such as love or energy, you feel a lot of it 2) very keen to do something She was bursting to tell us what had happened.[/ex] 3) if a place is bursting, it is very full … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Bursting — Burst Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bursting — Synonyms and related words: SRO, abundant, agog, alive with, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, banging, blasting, bloated, blooming, bountiful, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting out, capacity, carried away, chock full, choked,… … Moby Thesaurus
bursting — adj. Bursting is used with these nouns: ↑point … Collocations dictionary
bursting — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Breaking open] Syn. exploding, erupting, shattering; see breaking . 2. [As full as possible] Syn. full, filled, packed, at the bursting point; see full 1 , jammed 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Completely… … English dictionary for students
Bursting Out — Live album by Jethro Tull Released 22 September 1978 … Wikipedia
