conductive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈdʌktɪv/
Adjective
conductive (comparative more conductive, superlative most conductive)
- Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
- Distilled water is very slightly electrically conductive.
- 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
- Solar storms drive currents of millions of amps through the electrically conductive upper layer of our atmosphere (known as the ionosphere). These currents, which can fluctuate rapidly, drive powerful magnetic disturbances at the Earth's surface that in turn induce electrical currents in the planet's crust.
- Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
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able to conduct electrical current or heat
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