Conduction
[kən'dʌkʃ(ə)n] or [kən'dʌkʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of leading or guiding.
(n.) The act of training up.
(n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
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Examples
- Another difficulty attending the use of insulated wires buried in the ground arises from a very peculiar condition of electrical conduction, that could scarcely have been anticipated. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In convection, air and water circulate freely, carrying heat with them; in conduction, heat flows from a warm region toward a cold region, but there is no apparent motion of any kind. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The disc stove conveys the heat to the food by the principle of conduction, _i. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The invention of the Fireless Cooker depended in part upon the principle of non-conduction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A flatiron is heated by conduction, the heat from the warm stove passing into the cold flatiron and gradually heating it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When heat flows in this way from a warm part of a body to a colder part, the process is called _conduction_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A screw-operated spreader in the center presses the heating element tightly against the entire surface of the shell and insures rapid conduction of the heat from the element to the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Three different methods have been made use of in wireless telegraphy, which may be classed as conduction, induction and wave methods. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Madge