conductiveadj.
/kənˈdʌktɪv/, U.S. /kənˈdəktɪv/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [adjective] > leading or guiding
conductive1528
directional1612
guidinga1616
leadinga1628
manuducent1677
conducting1710
bear-leading1748
bear-leading1766
polar1791
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. O iv b Wyne that is gyuen in way of drinke conductive.
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. v. 53 I feel a film come o'r mine eyes..I must look out an Animal conductive, I mean a Dog.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 30 The existence of the Final ever attesting the existence of the Conductive, or Mediatory Cause.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > conducive
inductative1532
conducible1551
conducent1560
conducing1586
conducive1646
conductive1666
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] > tending to further
promotive1523
conducible1551
conducent1560
conducing1586
conduceful1635
conducive1646
conductive1666
amical1789
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 256 They are greatly conductive to the growth and promotion of each other.
3. Physics. Having the property of conducting, or pertaining to the conduction of, some form of energy (as heat, electricity, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [adjective] > transmission of energy > having property of conducting energy
conductive1840
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [adjective]
conducting1742
conducted1800
conductive1840
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [adjective]
conducting1742
conducted1800
conductive1840
the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [adjective] > reception or transmission of impulses
projectional1852
facilitatory1867
conductive1881
cheirokinaesthetic1900
nociceptive1904
interoceptive1906
photoreceptive1906
proprioceptive1906
adrenotropic1915
photosensory1919
adrenergic1934
saltatory1934
somatotopic1945
psychomotoric1949
supersensitive1949
mechanoreceptive1951
trans-synaptic1954
somatotopical1958
electroreceptive1967
psychomotorical1969
1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. p. cxiii Bodies are conductive; and their property is conductivity.
1869 M. Somerville Molecular & Microsc. Sci. i. i. 5 Copper is always employed..on account of its superior conductive power.
1881 Armstrong in Nature No. 619. 451 The conductive system of the nerves.
Derivatives
conˈductively adv. by means of conduction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [adverb]
conductively1866
photopositively1946
1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 56 Charging by contact, or conductively as it is termed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1528