Conductivity

2 definitions found

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

  Conductivity \Con`duc*tiv"i*ty\
     (k[o^]n`d[u^]k*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n.
     The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and
     transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the
     conductivity of a nerve.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Thermal conductivity} (Physics), the quantity of heat that
        passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose
        thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in
        temperature by one degree.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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