How to Use dendrite in a Sentence

dendrite

noun
  • If allowed to form, dendrites can cause fires.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2020
  • And these deposits seed dendrites.
    — Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
  • This helps prevent the uneven buildup that leads to dendrites.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Lithium dendrite can cause a short circuit that sparks a fire, Chen wrote.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Pyramidal cells shoot one thick dendrite up to the brain’s surface, like a periscope.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2018
  • This results in dendrites, which may lead to battery short circuits.
    — New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Duller, shallower dendrites don’t pierce the battery and cause fires.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Mar. 2020
  • This technique for preventing the growth of dendrites is still in its early days.
    — Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
  • This build-up, known as lithium dendrite, can short-circuit the battery and shorten its life.
    — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Still, there was much unknown about dendrites’ behavior.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the fatal flaws in lithium are related to the same dendrite problem.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The synapse is the space that separates a dendrite or axon from another cell.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Those stress hormones can start killing off dendrites - the little branches in brain cells that transmit messages.
    — William Wan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
  • Those stress hormones can start killing off dendrites — the little branches in brain cells that transmit messages.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • These thorns, known as dendrites, have been difficult to study and understand – until now.
    — New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
  • These dendrites can grow over time and penetrate the electrolyte, leading to short circuits and safety risks.
    — Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In living brains, dendrites spot patterns, filter out noise and trigger local spikes that shape how the neuron fires.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some dendrites focused the light, channeling it outward like a kitschy fiber optic light display.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Each axon connects with the dendrites of tens of thousands of Purkinje cells.
    — R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The fan’s blades are the neuron’s dendrites, which receive incoming signals.
    — Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In other words, a single burst of activity at the dendrite had tuned that cell to fire in that location.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The top-right cube shows only dendrites, the signal-receiving portions of neurons.
    — Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The drug not only bolstered dendrites but also improved the rats’ behaviors.
    — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But a new approach instead aims to act like dendrites, the spindly structures that branch out from the nucleus of a neuron like the roots of a tree.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2023
  • This effectively limited the dendrite growth that occurs in the clouds.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The researchers have struggled with dendrites – spiky metallic formations that can cause a battery to short-circuit.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Vascular changes and the sprouting and pruning of axons and dendrites that extend from the main body of a neuron could also do the same.
    — R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2020
  • However, dendrites can still grow through solid electrolytes, causing short circuits.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Gray matter consists of regions of nerve cell bodies and branching nerve fibers called dendrites, as well as points of connection between nerve cells.
    — Christopher M. Filley, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The space between an axon terminal and a dendrite, where chemical signals are deposited and picked up, is called a synapse.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022

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