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Conduce
Conduce Con*duce", v. t.
To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]
He was sent to conduce hither the princess. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Conducent
Conducent Con*du"cent, a. [L. conducens, p. pr.]
Conducive; tending.
Conducent to the good success of this business. --Abp.
Laud.
Conducibility
Conducibility Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty, n.
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.
--Bp. Wilkins.
Conducible
Conducible Con*du"ci*ble, a. [L. conducibilis.]
Conducive; tending; contributing. --Bacon.
All his laws are in themselves conducible to the
temporal interest of them that observe them. --Bentley.
Conducibleness
Conducibleness Con*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
Quality of being conducible.
Conducibly
Conducibly Con*du"ci*bly, adv.
In a manner to promote. [R.]
Conducive
Conducive Con*du"cive, a.
Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to
promote.
However conducive to the good or our country.
--Addison.
Conduciveness
Conduciveness Con*du"cive*ness, n.
The quality of conducing.
ConductConduct Con*duct" (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct,
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage,
where you may be safe. --Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
--Prescott.
3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
well.
4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
musical composition. ConductedConduct Con*duct" (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct,
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage,
where you may be safe. --Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
--Prescott.
3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
well.
4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
musical composition. ConductingConduct Con*duct" (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct,
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage,
where you may be safe. --Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
--Prescott.
3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
well.
4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
musical composition. Conduction
Conduction Con*duc"tion (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]
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.
ConductivityConductivity 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.
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. ConductorConductor Con*duct"or (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [LL., a
carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a
guide; a manager; a director.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden.
2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad
train or a street car. [U. S.]
3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium
for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or
electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing
instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
6. (Arch.) Same as Leader.
Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an
electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or
retain the electricity. conductor plugsCoherer Co*her"er, n. (Elec.)
Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact between
pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against
each other is materially improved in conductivity by the
influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge
in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic
waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld
together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common
form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a
tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver
filings in equal parts) between terminal wires or plugs
(called
conductor plugs). Conductory
Conductory Con*duct"o*ry, a. [LL. conductorius.]
Having the property of conducting. [R.]
Conductress
Conductress Con*duct"ress, n.
A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
Disconducive
Disconducive Dis`con*du"cive, a.
Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]
external conductivityEmissivity Em`is*siv"i*ty, n.
Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or
rate at which emission takes place; specif. (Physics), the
rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree
of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding
substances (called by Fourier external conductivity). Lightning conductorLightning Light"ning (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening,
fr. lighten to flash.]
1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a
vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another,
sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by
the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere
constitutes thunder.
2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made
bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental
powers. [R.]
Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as
a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked
flashes.
Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of
electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,
esp. at the close of a hot day.
Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place
where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by
lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a
short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin
nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also
lightning discharger.
Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.
Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.
Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a
brilliant eye.
Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on
the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or
water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or
vessel from lightning.
Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing
out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The
appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light
from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds. Misconduct
Misconduct Mis*con"duct, n.
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. --Addison.
Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed;
delinquency; offense.
Misconduct
Misconduct Mis`con*duct", v. i.
To behave amiss.
Nonconducting
Nonconducting Non`con*duct"ing, a.
Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in
electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
Nonconduction
Nonconduction Non`con*duc"tion, n.
The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure
to conduct.
Nonconductor
Nonconductor Non`con*duct"or, n. (Physics)
A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or
transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like,
or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as,
wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are
nonconductors of electricity.
Prime conductor Prime and ultimate ratio. (Math.). See Ultimate.
Prime conductor. (Elec.) See under Conductor.
Prime factor (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number.
Prime figure (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided
into any other figure more simple than itself, as a
triangle, a pyramid, etc.
Prime meridian (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude
is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington.
Prime minister, the responsible head of a ministry or
executive government; applied particularly to that of
England.
Prime mover. (Mech.)
(a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of
power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and
motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by
chemical combination, and applied to produce changes
in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other
fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action,
and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force.
(b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to
receive and modify force and motion as supplied by
some natural source, and apply them to drive other
machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a
steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc.
(c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any
undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover
in English antislavery agitation.
Prime number (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible
by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11.
Prime vertical (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes
through the east and west points of the horizon.
Prime-vertical dial, a dial in which the shadow is
projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Prime-vertical transit instrument, a transit instrument the
telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime
vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over
this circle. Prime conductorConductor Con*duct"or (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [LL., a
carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a
guide; a manager; a director.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden.
2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad
train or a street car. [U. S.]
3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium
for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or
electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing
instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
6. (Arch.) Same as Leader.
Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an
electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or
retain the electricity. Radioconductor
Radioconductor Ra`di*o*con*duc"tor, n. (Elec.)
A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in
some way by electric waves, as a coherer.
Reconduct
Reconduct Re`con*duct" (r[=e]`k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t.
To conduct back or again. ``A guide to reconduct thy steps.'
--Dryden.
Safe-conduct
Safe-conduct Safe`-con*duct", v. t.
To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [Poetic]
He him by all the bonds of love besought To
safe-conduct his love. --Spenser.
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