| 单词 | conduction |
| 释义 | conduction (once / 21569 pages) n Conduction is when heat or electricity moves from one place to another. If you've ever felt a shock while putting on a sweater, you have participated in electrical conduction. From Latin conducere, to bring together, conduction used to mean "safe passage or guidance from one place to another." Today, it's only used to describe events in a scientific way. In addition to heat and electricity, conduction can be applied to sound. When you and your fellow prisoners tap on the pipes to plan your jailbreak, you are using sound conduction. Good luck with that, by the way. WORD FAMILYconduction: conductions+/conduct: conducted, conducting, conduction, conductive, conductor, conducts, misconduct/conducting: non-conducting, nonconducting, semiconducting/conductive: conductively, conductivity, nonconductive, semiconductive/conductivity: conductivities, superconductivity/conductor: conductors, nonconductor, semiconductor/misconduct: misconducted, misconducting, misconducts/nonconductor: nonconductors/semiconductor: semiconductors USAGE EXAMPLESHe ordered a nerve conduction study, which confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome, and scheduled a surgery. Slate(Nov 21, 2016) The researchers used nerve conduction exams that are critical to accurately diagnose the neurological disorder, Frontera said. US News(Oct 05, 2016) It’s as if you’re a distant spy honed in on the action, but with telepathic powers of motivation and conduction. Time(Sep 29, 2016) n the transmission of heat or electricity or sound Syn|Hypo|Hyper conductivity electrical conduction the passage of electricity through a conductor photoconduction, photoconductivitychange in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation superconductivitythe disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, sparkelectrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
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