Etymology

conduction

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Today it means: The conveying of heat or electricity through material. Full definition →

Latin conductio, conductionem
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromconductio, conductionem“a bringing together”
  2. English todayconduction

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

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