conductive
adjective
con·duc·tive
kən-ˈdək-tiv 
: having conductivity : relating to conduction (as of electricity)
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In this state, the fungi’s structure includes conductive pathways that emulate the oxygen vacancies in commercial memristors.
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Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
Simply use the attachment with its red, amber, and infrared lights for three minutes on each area of your face (such as your forehead, nasolabial folds, and so on) to help smooth and firm, then swap it out for the microcurrent head and slick on some conductive gel to start tightening and toning.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
The same electrochemical principles could, in theory, apply to other conductive surfaces, such as knives, bomb fragments, or arson evidence.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface.
—Dagomar Degroot, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2025
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Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
Simply use the attachment with its red, amber, and infrared lights for three minutes on each area of your face (such as your forehead, nasolabial folds, and so on) to help smooth and firm, then swap it out for the microcurrent head and slick on some conductive gel to start tightening and toning.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
The same electrochemical principles could, in theory, apply to other conductive surfaces, such as knives, bomb fragments, or arson evidence.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface.
—Dagomar Degroot, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2025
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conductive
adjective
con·duc·tive
kən-ˈdək-tiv
: having conductivity : relating to conduction (as of electricity)
Medical Definition
conductive
adjective
con·duc·tive
-ˈdək-tiv
1
: having conductivity : relating to conduction (as of electricity)
2
: caused by failure in the mechanisms for sound transmission in the external or middle ear
conductive hearing loss
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