Definition of "conduction" [con•duc•tion]

• The transmission or conveying of something through a medium or passage, especially the transmission of electric charge or heat through a conducting medium without perceptible motion of the medium itself. (noun)

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• "Hereafter, perhaps, all these modes may appear as the result of one common principle, but at present they require to be considered apart; and I will now speak of the _first_ mode, for amongst all the forms of discharge, that which we express by the term conduction appears the most simple and the most directly in contrast with insulation."
• "BUTCH MORRIS, who has been doing what he calls "conduction" for a quarter-century, has a residency at Lucky Cheng's with his 19-piece"
• "A 1D heat conduction is solved numerically for fluxes in and out of surfaces."