2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
Conductibility
(Con*duct`i*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. conductibilité.]
1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
Conductible
(Con*duct"i*ble) a. Capable of being conducted.
Conduction
(Con*duc"tion) 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.
Conductive
(Con*duct"ive) a. Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a
pistil.
The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive.
Goodale
Conductivity
(Con`duc*tiv"i*ty) 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. J. D. Everett. - -
Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is
the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree.
Conductor
(Con*duct"or) 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.
Conductory
(Con*duct"o*ry) a. [LL. conductorius.] Having the property of conducting. [R.]
Conductress
(Con*duct"ress) n. A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
