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Meaning of CONDUCTIVITY

Pronunciation:  `kânduk'tivitee

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

CONDUCTIVITY is a 12 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: conduction
 
 See Also: electrical conduction, physical phenomenon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

{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.

 

 

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