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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.

Definition 2024


conduction

conduction

English

Noun

conduction (countable and uncountable, plural conductions)

  1. (physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
  2. The act of leading or guiding.
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  3. (obsolete) The act of training up.
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