CONDUCTIVITY

conduction, conductivity

(noun) the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

conductivity (countable and uncountable, plural conductivities)

The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound

(physics) The reciprocal of resistivity

Source: Wiktionary

Con`duc*tiv"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of 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 unit volume of the substance one degree.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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