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conduction

  • noun
  • /kənˈdʌkʃən/

The conveying of heat or electricity through material.

Other meanings

  1. The act of leading or guiding.

  2. The act of training up.

Synonyms

  • conductivity

Related words

  • conductional
  • electroconduction
  • radioconduction
  • conduction time
  • HV conduction time
  • intra-atrial conduction time
  • P-A conduction time
  • P-H conduction time
  • sinoatrial conduction time
  • photoconduction
  • conduction band
  • osteoconduction

Word history

From Latin "conductio" (conductio, conductionem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “conduction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.