3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
[The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction.
Amer. Cyc.
Con*duct"ive (-dŭk"t&ibreve;v), a. Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive.
Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).
Con`duc*tiv"i*ty (k&obreve;n`dŭk*t&ibreve;v"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.
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. J. D. Everett. - - Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree.
Con*duct"or (k&obreve;n*dŭk"t&etilde;r), n. [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.] 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
Dryden.
2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]