CONDUCTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does conduction mean? • CONDUCTION (noun)
The noun CONDUCTION has 1 sense:
1. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Familiarity information: CONDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONDUCTION (noun)
Meaning:
The transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
conduction; conductivity
Hypernyms ("conduction" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conduction"):
electrical conduction (the passage of electricity through a conductor)
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