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語源

Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct +‎ -ion.

発音

• IPA: /kənˈdʌkʃən/
• 韻: -ʌkʃən

名詞

conduction (countable and uncountable, plural conductions)

1. (physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
2. The act of leading or guiding.
   • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):

     Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, who aſſiſted the Israelites in their conduction through the Wildernes of Pharan.

3. (obsolete) The act of training up.
   • c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     every man has his beginning and conduction

派生語

参考

• conduct
• conductivity
• conductor