con·duc·tion
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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