Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting conductivity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the power or property of conducting: as, conductive bodies. See
conductivity . - Resulting from conduction: as, the conductive discharge of electricity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the quality or power of conducting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to
conduct electrical current or heat - adjective of, or relating to
conductivity of amaterial
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity
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Examples
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Timex Indiglo watches, on the other hand, excites a phosphor (zinc sulphide atoms) using a high-voltage field through a thin conductive indium tin oxide layer.
Apparently unconnected da_lj 2007
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I would add that our materials are also thermally conductive, which is an added benefit depending on the application.
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Another procedure, called conductive keratoplasty, was just approved by the FDA.
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He points out that there are very few materials that are known to be both transparent and conductive, which is why ITO is still being used despite its drawbacks.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Tasers, also known as conductive energy weapons, disable people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, and have become increasingly popular with police around the world.
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Tasers, also known as conductive energy weapons, disable people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, and have become increasingly popular with police around the world.
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When Lara learned Jackson has Cerebral Palsy, her research took her to something called conductive therapy.
WISH TV 2009
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Tasers, also known as conductive energy weapons, disable people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, and have become increasingly popular with police around the world.
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When Lara learned Jackson has Cerebral Palsy, her research took her to something called conductive therapy.
WISH TV Mary McDermott 2009
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Loss in the low frequencies are called conductive hearing loss.
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