See Also: Direction selectivity(health)
selectivity(dictionary)
selectivity(medicine)
Oreintation selectivity(health)
DIRECTION(law)
direction(dictionary)
direction(dictionary)
clove(3)(dictionary)
clove(4)(dictionary)
clove(encyclopedia)

clove(4) (iou) and Direction selectivity (health)


clove(4) (iou)



clove noun4. US. L18.
[Dutch klove, also kloof, in Middle Dutch clove, Middle Low German klove split, cleft, rel. to CLEAVE verb1.]
A rocky cleft or fissure; a gap, a ravine. Chiefly in place-names.

Direction selectivity (health)


A difference in the response of a cell to a pattern of light moving through it receptive field according to the direction of movement. Cells respond well when a stimulus moves in one direction and not in the opposite direction.