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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-duhk-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʌk ʃən



Definition of conduction

Origin :
  • 1530s, "hiring;" 1540s, "leading, guidance," from Old French conduction "hire, renting," from Latin conductionem (nominative conductio), noun of action from past participle stem of conducere (see conduce). Sense of "conducting of a liquid through a channel" is from 1610s; in physics, of heat, etc., from 1814.
  • As in leadership : noun guidance
  • As in transfer : noun change of possession
  • As in transmission : noun broadcast
  • As in transmission : noun conveyance
  • As in guidance : noun counseling
Example sentences :
  • Such bodies will lose their heat by radiation and conduction.
  • Extract from : « Time and Tide » by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
  • The third loss is by conduction and radiation, which amounts to fifteen per cent.
  • Extract from : « Motors » by James Slough Zerbe
  • Thus, heat may be transmitted either by conduction, convection, or radiation.
  • Extract from : « Motors » by James Slough Zerbe
  • This was placed in the room and provided heat by conduction, convection, and radiation.
  • Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower
  • When we stand before a fire, does the heat reach us by conduction or by radiation?
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • If I lay a penny piece upon the hob, it becomes hot by conduction.
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • How can we ascertain that wood prevents the conduction of heat to the hand?
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • There it passes through the iron of the crown by conduction.
  • Extract from : « Farm Engines and How to Run Them » by James H. Stephenson
  • The transmission in the petiole of Mimosa is a phenomenon of conduction.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • Local application of cold depresses or arrests the conduction.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

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