conduction
pronunciation
How to pronounce conduction in British English:
UK [kənˈdʌkʃn]
How to pronounce conduction in American English:
US [kənˈdʌkʃən]
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- Noun:
- the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Word Origin
- conduction (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Conduction , however , is most similar to the transmission of sound .
- 2. Until now , controlling the conduction of heat through solid objects has been a tricky engineering challenge .
- 3. Collisions betweenparticles in the hot inner region transfer energy to particles in thecooler outer region via a process called conduction .
- 4. However , unlike these other materials , all of the conduction occurs in a single layer of atoms in the sample .
- 5. Saline was used to provide conduction between the ultrasound transducer and skin , and the testes were warmed to 37 degrees centigrade .