noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The reciprocal of resistivity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical phenomenon
Narrower terms: electrical conduction
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English conduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conductive Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conductivity From conductive + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
проводимост
(provodimost)
— ability to conduct
Bulgarian:
електропроводност
(elektroprovodnost)
— ability to conduct
Catalan:
conductivitat
— ability to conduct
Chinese Mandarin:
傳導率 /传导率
(chuándǎo lǜ)
— ability to conduct
Dutch:
geleiding
— ability to conduct
Finnish:
johtavuus
— ability to conduct
French:
conductivité
— ability to conduct
German:
Leitfähigkeit
— ability to conduct
Greek:
αγωγιμότητα
(agogimótita)
— ability to conduct
Hebrew:
מוליכות
(molikhut)
— ability to conduct
Hindi:
चालकता
(cālaktā)
— ability to conduct
Icelandic:
leiðni
— ability to conduct
Indonesian:
daya hantar
— ability to conduct
Indonesian:
konduktivitas
— ability to conduct
Irish:
seoltacht
— ability to conduct
Irish:
inchonduchtacht
— ability to conduct
Italian:
conduttività
— ability to conduct
Japanese:
伝導性
(dendōsei)
— ability to conduct
Korean:
전도성
(jeondoseong)
— ability to conduct
Macedonian:
спроводливост
(sprovodlivost)
— ability to conduct
Malay:
kekonduksian
— ability to conduct
Manx:
yn-chondughtaght
— ability to conduct
Norwegian Bokmål:
ledningsevne
— ability to conduct
Persian:
رسانایی
— ability to conduct
Polish:
konduktywność
— ability to conduct
Polish:
przewodność
— ability to conduct
Portuguese:
condutividade
— ability to conduct
Romanian:
conductivitate
— ability to conduct
Russian:
проводи́мость
(provodímostʹ)
— ability to conduct
Russian:
электропрово́дность
(elektroprovódnostʹ)
— ability to conduct
Russian:
электропроводи́мость
(elektroprovodímostʹ)
— ability to conduct
Spanish:
conductividad
— ability to conduct
Swedish:
konduktivitet
— ability to conduct
Swedish:
ledningsförmåga
— ability to conduct
Finnish:
johtavuus
— reciprocal of resistivity
French:
conductivité
— reciprocal of resistivity
Greek:
αγωγιμότητα
(agogimótita)
— reciprocal of resistivity
Irish:
seoltacht
— reciprocal of resistivity
Romanian:
conductivitate
— reciprocal of resistivity
Russian:
удельная электропроводность
(udelʹnaja elektroprovodnostʹ)
— reciprocal of resistivity
Russian:
удельная проводимость
(udelʹnaja provodimostʹ)
— reciprocal of resistivity