conduction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
    conductivity.

WordNet

Con*duc"tion noun
Etymology
L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913