conduction
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
conduction (countable and uncountable, plural conductions)
- (physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
- The act of leading or guiding.
- 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World , London: William Stansby for Walter Burre, , →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
- Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, who aſſiſted the Israelites in their conduction through the Wildernes of Pharan.
- (obsolete) The act of training up.
- c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. , London: [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, , published 1609, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- every man has his beginning and conduction
Derived terms
Translations
conveying of heat or electricity through material
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the act of leading or guiding
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See also
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
conduction f (plural conductions)
Further reading
- “conduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.