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- Conduction -
pronounced [kuh'n-duhk-shuh'n]
pronounced [kuh'n-duhk-shuh'n]
noun
2. Physics.
3. Physiology. the carrying of sound waves, electrons, heat, or nerve impulses by a nerve or other tissue.
Origin
1. the act of conducting, as of water through a pipe.
2. Physics.
a. the transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts.
3. Physiology. the carrying of sound waves, electrons, heat, or nerve impulses by a nerve or other tissue.
Origin
1540s, "leading, guidance," from L. conductionem, noun of action from conducere (see conduce). Sense of "conducting of a liquid through a channel" is from 1610s; in physics, of heat, etc., from 1814.
Related Words
conductivity
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Related Words
conductivity
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conduction
