Antonyms for conduction
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for conduction
- administration
- advice
- alteration
- assignment
- auspices
- authority
- broadcast
- capacity
- command
- communication
- conduct
- conductance
- conduction
- control
- convection
- conveyance
- delivery
- deportation
- direction
- directorship
- dispatch
- displacement
- domination
- foresight
- gearbox
- government
- hegemony
- help
- influence
- initiative
- instruction
- intelligence
- leadership
- management
- message
- move
- navigation
- pilotage
- power
- preeminence
- primacy
- program
- radio broadcast
- radiocast
- relegation
- relocation
- removal
- sending
- shift
- show
- simulcast
- skill
- substitution
- superintendency
- superiority
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- teaching
- telecast
- television broadcast
- transference
- translation
- transmission
- transmittal
- transposition
- TV broadcast
- variation
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