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Conduction   /kəndˈəkʃən/   Listen
Conduction

noun
1.
The transmission of heat or electricity or sound.  Synonym: conductivity.



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"Conduction" Quotes from Famous Books



... discriminate the effects of neighbouring parenchymatous haemorrhages from those of local vibratory concussion of the nervous tissue. The local character of the signs seems, however, to point to causation by molecular disturbance, resulting from the conduction of forcible mechanical vibration to the brain tissue rather than to upset in the intra-cranial pressure. Again the limited nature of the paralysis observed, sharply defines it from the general loss of power accompanying ordinary ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins



Words linked to "Conduction" :   physical phenomenon, conduct



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