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ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The passage of electricity through a conductor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("electrical conduction" is a kind of...):
conduction; conductivity (the transmission of heat or electricity or sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electrical conduction"):
photoconduction; photoconductivity (change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation)
superconductivity (the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures)
arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark (electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field)
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