: the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
synapsed; synapsing
Examples of synapse in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
Instead of looking how each neuron and synapse operates in the brain and trying to emulate that from the bottom up, Gonzalez says, the his team’s approach involved implementing key performance features of the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
Because complement proteins were associated with synapse loss and the other peptides and proteins with synapse growth, the researchers proposed, A1 astrocytes were probably harmful, while A2s were probably beneficial.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2017
Thanks to a fibrous prolongation known as the axon, and to the end region of the axon known as the synapse, neurons can send signals to other cells, often quite far away.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2011
See all Example Sentences for synapse 
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Noun
This is incredibly uncommon—more than 96 percent of connections between neurons have just one synapse, and more than 99 percent have three or fewer synapses, per Google’s blog post.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
Instead of looking how each neuron and synapse operates in the brain and trying to emulate that from the bottom up, Gonzalez says, the his team’s approach involved implementing key performance features of the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
Because complement proteins were associated with synapse loss and the other peptides and proteins with synapse growth, the researchers proposed, A1 astrocytes were probably harmful, while A2s were probably beneficial.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2017
Thanks to a fibrous prolongation known as the axon, and to the end region of the axon known as the synapse, neurons can send signals to other cells, often quite far away.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2011
See all Example Sentences for synapse
Dictionary Entries Near synapse
Cite this Entry
“Synapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synapse. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share