conductive
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- adjective
- /kənˈdʌktɪv/
- Specialized
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conductivo
- These layers are coated with a conductive substance and separated by a thin gap.
- conductive material
- conductive hearing
- conductive component
Well, 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.
Examples
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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.
Academic text (2002) -
The HS 200 HeatWave System has been designed for temperature-controlled convective or conductive preheating of high mass.
Academic text (1996)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss
How Conductive
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.