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conduction

/kənˈdʌkʃən/

Rhymes with -ʌkʃən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct + -ion.

noun conductions

countable, uncountable The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
countable, uncountable The act of leading or guiding. Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, who aſſiſted the Israelites in their conduction through the Wildernes of Pharan.
countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of training up. every man has his beginning and conduction

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: conductivity, conductive, conductance, transmission, pulse, conduct, realization, pipe, piping, transfer, conveyance, transport, propagation, diffusion, distribution, passage

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noun conveying of heat or electricity through material

Español	conducción
Português	condução
Français	conduction
Deutsch	Konduktion, Leitung
Русский	проводи́мость provodímostʹ, конду́кция kondúkcija
עברית	הולכה holakha

noun the act of leading or guiding

Español	conducción
Português	condução

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@misc{conduction_2026,
  title = {conduction},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conduction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}