'Conductivity' definitions:
Definition of 'conductivity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: conduction, conductivity]
Definition of 'Conductivity'
From: GCIDE
- Conductivity \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Conductivity'
- Conduct,
- Conductance,
- Conducted,
- Conductibility,
- Conductible,
- Conducting,
- Conduction,
- Conductive,
- 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