Conduction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conduction \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.
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     2. The act of training up. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.


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     3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a
        conductor; also, conductivity.
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              [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conduction
       n : the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: {conductivity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "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