'Conduction' definitions:
Definition of 'conduction'
From: WordNet
noun
The transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: conduction, conductivity]
Definition of 'Conduction'
From: GCIDE
- Conduction \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of training up. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. [1913 Webster]
- [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conduction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Conduction'
- Conduct,
- Conductance,
- Conducted,
- Conductibility,
- Conductible,
- Conducting,
- Conductive,
- Conductivity,
- Conduct money,
- Thermal conductivity,
- code of conduct,
- conductance unit,
- conducting wire,
- conduction anaesthesia,
- conduction anesthesia,
- conduction aphasia,
- conduction deafness,
- disorderly conduct,
- electrical conduction,
- external conductivity,
- safe conduct,
- wrongful conduct,
- Safe-conduct,
- conductive hearing loss,
- distinguished conduct medal,
- non-conducting,
- well-conducted