Definition of conductive
:having conductivity :relating to conduction (as of electricity)
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Makey Makey - Participants created a banana piano, played video games with Play-Doh and used other participants to play the bongos with Makey Makey, which can turn any conductive material into a keyboard.
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O’Connor made the sensors by painting the thin layer of conductive carbon onto a stretchy plastic.
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The sensors are wired into a circuit with conductive thread.
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Wang and his team cut sandpaper into rectangles with lasers and covered them in thin layers of gold and other conductive materials.
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An intravenous line was started in his arm, and amobarbital flowed into his veins … the rubber bite-guard was placed in his mouth, and a conductive gel was rubbed in the circles over his temples.
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Kids can mold the conductive dough into creations that move, flash, and make sound.
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For a cosmetic procedure, an aesthetician would apply a conductive gel to your face.
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In the man's case, his conductive hearing loss was due to the rupturing of his eardrums, Dubach told Live Science.
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First Known Use of conductive
1840
Medical Dictionary
conductive
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adjective
con·duc·tive
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medical Definition of conductive
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:having conductivity :relating to conduction (as of electricity)
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:caused by failure in the mechanisms for sound transmission in the external or middle ear
- conductive hearing loss
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