Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conduction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conduction
n : the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: {conductivity}]
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