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nounthe transmission of heat or electricity or sound
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- spark electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- discharge electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- arc electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- thomson English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
- eccles Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
- fourier French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
- solid-state physics the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals; superconductivity; photoconductivity
- john eccles Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
- adams-stokes syndrome recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
- p-type semiconductor a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes