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conductivity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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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

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the transmission of heat or electricity or sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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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