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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.
Meaning of Conduction from wikipedia
- Look up conductor or
conduction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Conductor or
conduction may
refer to:
Conductor (music), a
person who
leads a musical...
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Thermal conduction is the
diffusion of
thermal energy (heat)
within one
material or
between materials in contact. The
higher temperature object has molecules...
- In solid-state physics, the
valence band and
conduction band are the
bands closest to the
Fermi level, and thus
determine the
electrical conductivity of...
- The
cardiac conduction system (CCS, also
called the
electrical conduction system of the heart)
transmits the
signals generated by the
sinoatrial node...
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Ranvier Axon
terminal Schwann cell
Myelin sheath In neuroscience,
saltatory conduction (from
Latin saltus 'leap, jump') is the
propagation of
action potentials...
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dysfunction or
atrioventricular conduction disturbances.
Arrhythmias are due to
problems with the
electrical conduction system of the heart. A
number of...
- neuroscience,
nerve conduction velocity (CV) is the
speed at
which an
electrochemical impulse propagates down a
neural pathway.
Conduction velocities are affected...
- Bone
conduction is the
conduction of
sound to the
inner ear
primarily through the
bones of the skull,
allowing the
hearer to
perceive audio content even...
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Subthreshold conduction or
subthreshold leakage or
subthreshold drain current is the
current between the
source and
drain of a
MOSFET when the transistor...
- In metals, the
Fermi level lies in the
conduction band (see Band Theory, above)
giving rise to free
conduction electrons. However, in
semiconductors the...
