Look up: conduction

1. Conduction
   The process of heat transfer through materials and adjoining substances.
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2. conduction
   [n] - the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
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3. Conduction
   [pronounce: con-duck-shun] The way heat travels through solids.
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4. Conduction
   Passage of heat from one material to another by direct contact
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5. conduction
   Heat or electricity transfer through molecular interaction, eg: heat passing along a metal bar
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6. conduction
   the transfer of heat from a warmer region to a colder region within the same substance without mass transfer. The rate of transfer will depend on the thermal conductivity of the material.
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7. Conduction
   The conveying of electrical energy or heat through or by means of a conductor.
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8. conduction
   The ability of electrons to flow through a conductor. It is the reciprocal of resistance. Conduction is also a heat transfer mechanism in solid materials, involving transfer of kinetic energy within its molecular structure.
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9. conduction
   electricity: the passage of electric current through a conducting material; Heat: the passage of heat through a solid material from a point of higher temperature to one of lower temperature; Cardiography: the passage of heart impulses that can be recorded on the electrocardiograph Category: Management in the public and private sector
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10. Conduction
    The flow of heat from one part of a substance to another part. A piece of iron with one end placed in a fire will soon become warm from end to end due to the transfer of heat by the actual collision of the air molecules.
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11. Conduction
    Con·duc'tion (kŏn*dŭk'shŭn) noun [ Latin conductio a bringing together: confer French conduction .] 1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. The act of training up. [ Obsolete] ...
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12. conduction
    <physics, physiology> The transfer of sound waves, heat, nervous impulses or electricity. ... Origin: L. Conductio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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13. conduction
    conductivity noun the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
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14. conduction
    (kәn-duk´shәn) conveyance of energy, as of heat, sound, or electricity.
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15. Conduction
    • (n.) The act of leading or guiding. • (n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. • (n.) The act of training up.
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16. conduction
    (from the article `nervous system`) The sequence of sodium activation–sodium inactivation–potassium activation creates a nerve impulse that is brief in duration, lasting only a few ...
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17. conduction
    (L. conductio) the transfer of sound waves, heat, nervous impulses, or electricity.
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18. conduction
    conduction, conductive 1. The conducting of liquid through a channel or pipe. Now chiefly applied to natural processes, e.g. the movement of sap in plants. 2. The transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts. 3. The transmission or c...
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19. Conduction
    Conduction consists of energy transfer directly from atom to atom and represents the flow of energy along a temperature gradient.
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20. Conduction
    The flow of heat due to temperature variations within a material.
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21. Conduction
    - The direct transfer of heat energy through a material.
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22. CONDUCTION
    The flow of heat from one part of a substance to another part. A piece of iron with one end placed in a fire will soon become warm from end to end, from the transfer of heat by the actual collision of the air molecules.
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23. CONDUCTION
    The transfer of heat through a substance by molecular action or from one substance by being in contact with another.
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24. conduction
    conduction, transfer of heat or electricity through a substance, resulting from a difference in temperature between different parts of the substance, in the case of heat, or from a difference in electric potential, in the case of electricity. Since heat is energy associated with the motions of the p...
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25. conduction
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kon-dŭk′shŭn Definitions: 1. The act of transmitting or conveying certain forms of energy, such as heat, sound, or electricity, from one point to another, without evident movement in the conducting body. 2. The transmission of stimuli of various sorts by living protoplasm.
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