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Definition of conduction noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

conduction

noun
 
/kənˈdʌkʃn/
 
/kənˈdʌkʃn/
[uncountable] (physics)
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  1. the process by which heat or electricity passes through a material
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘provision for safe passage’ and ‘leadership’): from Latin conductio(n-), from the verb conducere ‘bring together’.
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