Dendrite (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Petrology, Mineralogy.
    • a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material.
    • any arborescent crystalline growth.
  2. the branching process of a neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell.
noun
  1. any of the short branched threadlike extensions of a nerve cell, which conduct impulses towards the cell body
  2. a branching mosslike crystalline structure in some rocks and minerals
  3. a crystal that has branched during growth and has a treelike form
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