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con·duc·tiv·i·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

1.	Physics. the property or power of conducting heat, electricity, or sound.

2.	Also called specific conductance. Electricity. a measure of the ability of a given substance to conduct electric current, equal to the reciprocal of the resistance of the substance. Symbol: σ

[Origin: 1830–40; conductive + -ity

]

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con·duc·tiv·i·ty Audio Help (kŏn'dŭk-tĭv'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. con·duc·tiv·i·ties

The ability or power to conduct or transmit heat, electricity, or sound.
The conductance of a material.
Physiology The conductibility of a structure, especially the ability of a nerve to transmit a wave of excitation.

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conductivity
noun
the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: conduction]

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conductivity Audio Help (kŏn'dŭk-tĭv'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key

The ability to transfer heat, electricity, or sound by conduction.
See conductance.

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Conductivity

Con`duc*tiv"i*ty\ (k[o^]n`d[u^]k*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. --J. D. Everett.

Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree.

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