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Webster 1913 Edition
Conduction
Con-duc′tion
(kŏn-dŭk′shŭn)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conduction
CONDUCTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of training up. [Not in use.]2.
Transmission through or by means of a conductor.