Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun all-or-none_law

1 sense of all-or-none law

Sense 1
all-or-none law -- ((neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")