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 a material

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

  • 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

  • I would add that our materials are also thermally conductive, which is an added benefit depending on the application.

    Making Paper That Can Stop Bullets 2010

  • Another procedure, called conductive keratoplasty, was just approved by the FDA.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2004 2004

  • 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

  • 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.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • 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.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • When Lara learned Jackson has Cerebral Palsy, her research took her to something called conductive therapy.

    WISH TV 2009

  • 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.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • When Lara learned Jackson has Cerebral Palsy, her research took her to something called conductive therapy.

    WISH TV Mary McDermott 2009

  • Loss in the low frequencies are called conductive hearing loss.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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