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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound;
[syn: conduction, conductivity]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conductivity \Con`duc*tiv"i*ty\ (k[o^]n`d[u^]k*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve. [1913 Webster] Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conductivity n 1: the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: conduction, conductivity]