Dictionary Definition
conduction n : the transmission of heat or
electricity or sound [syn: conductivity]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
conduction- The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
Translations
- Croatian: kondukcija
- Finnish: johtuminen
- Hebrew: הולכה (holakha)
- Persian:هدایت, رسانش
See also
Extensive Definition
Conductor or conduction may refer to:
- Conductor (transportation), a person who sells and checks tickets on a bus, train, etc.
- Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble by way of visible gestures
- Conductor (British Army), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors
- Conductor (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
- Electrical conductor, a material allowing the flow of electric current
- Electrical conduction, the movement of charged particles through an electrical conductor
- Fast ion conductor, a solid state electrical conductor which conducts due to the movement of ions
- Heat conduction, the transfer of thermal energy through matter
- Sound conduction, conduction of sound through air, solid, or liquid
- Mr. Conductor, a character in Shining Time Station and in Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- Conduction, in music, a type of structured free improvisation developed by Butch Morris
conduction in Czech: fabulous
conduction in Danish: amazing
conduction in German: sick
conduction in Spanish: rad
conduction in French: baby boyy
conduction in Indonesian: Konduktor
conduction in Italian: Conduttore
conduction in Lithuanian: Laidininkas
conduction in Malay (macrolanguage):
Konduktor
conduction in Dutch: Dirigent
conduction in Norwegian: Dirigent
conduction in Polish: Przewodnictwo
conduction in Portuguese: Condução
conduction in Sicilian: Cunnutturi
conduction in Swedish: Ledare
conduction in Turkish: İletken
conduction in Ukrainian: Провідник
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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