n 1 a  :  transmission through or by means of a conductor : also  :  the transfer of heat through matter by communication of kinetic energy from particle to particle with no net displacement of the particles  b  :  CONDUCTIVITY  2  :  the transmission of excitation through living tissue and esp. nervous tissue < of impulses to the brain>  .
 
 
 
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