conduction

con·duc·tion

noun \kən-ˈdək-shən\

Definition of CONDUCTION

1

: the act of conducting or conveying

2

a : transmission through or by means of a conductor; also : the transfer of heat through matter by communication of kinetic energy from particle to particle with no net displacement of the particles — compare convection, radiation b : conductivity

3

: the transmission of excitation through living tissue and especially nervous tissue

First Known Use of CONDUCTION

1534

Other Electrical Engineering Terms

feedback, fuse, incandescent, noise, resonance

Rhymes with CONDUCTION

abduction, adduction, construction, deduction, destruction, eduction, effluxion, induction, instruction, obstruction, production, reduction, seduction, subduction, transduction