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conductive, a.|kənˈdʌktɪv| [f. L. type *conductīv-us, f. conduct-, ppl. stem: conductif, -ive occurs in F. of 15th c.: see -ive.] †1. Having the property of conducting or leading (lit. and fig.). Obs. exc. as in 3.
1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. O iv b, Wyne that is gyuen in way of drinke conductive. a1643W. Cartwright Ordin. iii. v, I feel a film come o'r mine eyes..I must look out an animal conductive, I mean a dog. 1654Charleton Physiologia 30 The existence of the Final ever attesting the existence of the Conductive, or Mediatory Cause. †2. = conducive. Obs.
1666J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 256 They are greatly conductive to the growth and promotion of each other. 3. Physics. Having the property of conducting, or pertaining to the conduction of, some form of energy (as heat, electricity, etc.).
1840Whewell Philos. Induct. Sc. I. p. cxiii, Bodies are conductive; and their property is conductivity. 1869M. Somerville Molec. Sc. i. i. 5 Copper is always employed..on account of its superior conductive power. 1881Armstrong in Nature No. 619. 451 The conductive system of the nerves. conˈductively adv., by means of conduction.
1870R. M. Ferguson Electr. 56 Charging by contact or conductively as it is termed. |