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Meaning of CONDUCTION

Pronunciation:  kun'dukshun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
 

CONDUCTION is a 10 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: conductivity
 
 See Also: electrical conduction, physical phenomenon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
Glossary
 
 Definition: the movement of heat from one object to another by direct contact.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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