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Conductivity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The ability or power to conduct or transmit heat, electricity, or sound.

n. The conductance of a material.

n. Physiology The conductibility of a structure, especially the ability of a nerve to transmit a wave of excitation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound

n. The reciprocal of resistivity

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc..

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In physics, the power of conducting heat, electricity, or sound; the property of being conductive.

n. In physiology, the power of a nerve to conduct an impulse.

n. The thermometric conductivity of the atmosphere; the change in temperature of the atmosphere due to its calorimetric conductivity. It is equal to the latter divided by the specific heat of a unit volume, or by the product of the specific heat of a unit mass multiplied by the density of the gas. It is therefore a large quantity in the upper regions of the atmosphere.

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n. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

Word Usage

"Sensors for "skin conductivity," says Bulgrin, check for "almost imperceptible amount of perspiration, which you might not feel but the probes can identify.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

physical phenomenon

Cross Reference

conductivity of the atmosphere conductivity water molecular conductivity specific conductivity magnetic conductivity

Hyponym

electrical conduction

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Nativity activity captivity creativity exclusivity

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

resistivity permeability viscosity solubility impedance