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Conduction
Conduction Con*duc"tion (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]
1. The act of leading or guiding. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The act of training up. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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.
Meaning of Conduction from wikipedia
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Conductor or
conduction may
refer to:
Conductor (music), a
person who
leads a
musical ensemble like, for example, an orchestra.
Conductor (album), an album...
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Thermal conduction is the
transfer of
internal energy by
microscopic collisions of
particles and
movement of
electrons within a body. The
colliding particles...
- auroras. Man-made
occurrences of
electric current include the flow of
conduction electrons in
metal wires such as the
overhead power lines that deliver...
- Bone
conduction is the
conduction of
sound to the
inner ear
primarily through the
bones of the skull,
allowing the
hearer to
perceive audio content without...
- In solid-state physics, the
valence band and
conduction band are the
bands closest to the
Fermi level, and thus
determine the
electrical conductivity of...
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ventricular tachycardia.
Arrhythmias are due to
problems with the
electrical conduction system of the heart.
Arrhythmias may also
occur in children; however,...
- In metals, the
Fermi level lies in the
conduction band (see Band Theory, above)
giving rise to free
conduction electrons. However, in
semiconductors the...
- The
electrical conduction system of the
heart transmits signals generated usually by the
sinoatrial node to
cause contraction of the
heart muscle. The...
- VA
conduction, also
named Ventriculoatrial conduction and
sometimes referred to as
Retrograde conduction, is the
conduction backward phenomena in the heart...
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Saltatory conduction (from the
Latin saltare, to hop or leap) is the
propagation of
action potentials along myelinated axons from one node of
Ranvier to...
