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conductivity

noun

Etymology

From conductive + -ity.

  1. derived from conductus
  2. derived from conductus — “defense, escort”
  3. formed as conductive — “conduct + -ive”
  4. suffixed as conductivity — “conductive + ity”

Definitions

  1. The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound

  2. The reciprocal of resistivity

The neighborhood

Derived

electroconductivity, heat conductivity, hydraulic conductivity, hyperconductivity, magnetoconductivity, nonconductivity, osseoconductivity, paraconductivity, photoconductivity, pyroconductivity, semiconductivity, superconductivity, thermal conductivity, thermoconductivity

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conductivity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conductivity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at conductivity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA