conductive
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- adjective
- /kənˈdʌktɪv/
- Specialized
- These layers are coated with a conductive substance and separated by a thin gap.
- conductive material
- conductive hearing
- conductive component
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Watch on YouTubeWell, clays are much more electrically conductive than sand.
- Well, clays are much more electrically conductive than sand.
- OK, so I've still got some conductive gel on my face.
- I hope that wood is not conductive.
- So you need to get from that tungsten to something that is very highly thermally conductive and into a pipe for a channel where you're shooting through fluids.
- Those balloons are kind of conductive, made of some sort of metal, aluminum perhaps.
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Because the paint is so conductive, it can be plated.
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Copper is a highly conductive metal, commonly used in electrical wiring.
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I think that this is just like conductive paint and it's just stuck down.
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Now it's a conductive element.
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So yeah, you need to have some kind of conductive coding on it.
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We looked at the conductive polymer caps.
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Well, clays are much more electrically conductive than sand.
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The MS2000 provides instantaneous corrosion rate measurements in industrial water and other conductive environments.
Academic text (1998) -
Split sheath insertion heaters are designed to provide superior conductive heat transfer and easy change-out.
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The HS 200 HeatWave System has been designed for temperature-controlled convective or conductive preheating of high mass.
Academic text (1996)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss
How Conductive
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word conductive comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and ducere 'to lead', the same root as conduct and duct. So something conductive 'leads' heat, electricity, or sound and lets those things move through it.