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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conduction \Con*duc"tion\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L. conductio a bringing together: cf F. conduction.] 1. The act of leading or guiding. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. The act of training up [Obs.] --B. Jonson 3. (Physics) Transmission through or by means of a conductor; also conductivity. [The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. --Amer. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conduction n : the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: {conductivity}]
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