Found 2 items, similar to Conductivity.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: conductivity
conductivity
n : the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn:
conduction]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Conductivity
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]