conduction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct + -ion.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
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(countable, uncountable) The act of leading or guiding.
Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, who aſſiſted the Israelites in their conduction through the Wildernes of Pharan.
1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of training up.
every man has his beginning and conduction
c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conductions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
photoconduction · electroconduction · HV conduction time · conduction time · sinoatrial conduction time · nonconduction · radioconduction · a-h conduction time · conduction band · A-H conduction time · conductional · P-H conduction time · macroconduction · superconduction · aberrant conduction · P-A conduction time · chondroconduction · semiconduction · surface-conduction electron-emitter display · microconduction · osteoconduction · intra-atrial conduction time
Relateds
conduct · conductivity · conductor
Translations (27)
fa رسانش (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · pt condução (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · pt condução (the act of leading or guiding) · he הולכה (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · no konduksjon (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · bg водене (the act of leading or guiding) · ru конду́кция (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · cs vedení (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · fr conduction (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · cs vedení (the act of leading or guiding) · fi johtaminen (the act of leading or guiding) · fa هدایت (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · bg ръководене (the act of leading or guiding) · ms konduksi (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · ru проводи́мость (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · da varmeledning (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · es conducción (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · de Leitung (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · sh kondukcija (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · es conducción (the act of leading or guiding) · de Konduktion (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · no ledning (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · fi ohjaaminen (the act of leading or guiding) · fi johtuminen (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · da varmestrøm (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · da konduktion (conveying of heat or electricity through material) · bg проводимост (conveying of heat or electricity through material)