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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•duc•tion /kənˈdʌkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Electricitythe ability of a substance to allow energy to pass through it.
con•duc•tive /kənˈdʌktɪv/USA pronunciation adj. See -duc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•duc•tion (kən duk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of conducting, as of water through a pipe.
- [Physics.]
- Physicsthe transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts.
- Physicstransmission through a conductor.
- Physicsconductivity.
- Physiologythe carrying of sound waves, electrons, heat, or nerve impulses by a nerve or other tissue.
- Latin conductiōn- (stem of conductiō) a bringing together, a hiring, equivalent. to conduct(us) (see conduct) + -iōn- -ion
- 1530–40
con•duc′tion•al, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conduction /kənˈdʌkʃən/ n - the transfer of energy by a medium without bulk movement of the medium itself
Compare convection - the transmission of an electrical or chemical impulse along a nerve fibre
- the act of conveying or conducting, as through a pipe
- another name for conductivity
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