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conductivity

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

con·duc·tiv·i·ty

noun \ˌkän-ˌdək-ˈti-və-tē, kən-\
plural con·duc·tiv·i·ties

Definition of CONDUCTIVITY

: the quality or power of conducting or transmitting: as a : the reciprocal of electrical resistivity b : the quality of living matter responsible for the transmission of and progressive reaction to stimuli

Examples of CONDUCTIVITY

  1. measuring the conductivity of different metals

First Known Use of CONDUCTIVITY

1837

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