About The Word Conduction
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Conduction
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What's The Definition Of Conduction?
[n] the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Synonyms | Synonyms for Conduction: conductivity Related Terms | Find terms related to Conduction: communication | conductance | conductivity | conductor | contagion | convection | delivery | deportation | diapedesis | dielectric | diffusion | dissemination | electric conduction | export | exportation | expulsion | extradition | gas conduction | import | importation | insulator | interchange | ionic conduction | liquid conduction | metallic conduction | metastasis | metathesis | metempsychosis | mho | migration | mutual transfer | nonconductor | osmosis | passage | passing over | perfusion | photoconduction | semiconductor | spread | spreading | superconductivity | superconductor | transduction | transfer | transfer of property | transference | transfusion | transit | transition | translation | translocation | transmigration | transmigration of souls | transmission | transmittal | transmittance | transplacement | transplantation | transposal | transposition | travel See Also | electrical conduction | physical phenomenon Conduction In Webster's Dictionary \Con*duc"tion\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]
1. The act of leading or guiding. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The act of training up. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a
conductor; also, conductivity.
[The] communication [of heat] from one body to
another when they are in contact, or through a
homogenous body from particle to particle,
constitutes conduction. --Amer. Cyc.
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