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conductive

/kənˈdʌktɪv/

conductive adjective: able to conduct electrical current or heat.

Adjective (1)

conductive (comparative more conductive, superlative most conductive)

  1. Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
    • Distilled water is very slightly electrically conductive.
    • 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...2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30
  2. Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.

Adjective (2)

conductive (comparative more conductive, superlative most conductive)

  1. Eggcorn of conducive.

conductive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

conductive in Hindi

प्रवाहकीय

conductive in Tamil

கடத்துகை, கடத்துமை

conductive in Marathi

प्रवाहकीय

conductive in Urdu

چالکانہ, کنڈکٹو
More languagesFewer languages
conductive in Punjabi
ਕੰਡਕਟਿਵ
conductive in Nepali
प्रवाहकीय

Examples of conductive in a sentence

  • Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.
  • Neurotrophism unlike other nervous functions deals with non-impulsive conductive function of neurons.
  • The gypsa are overlying conductive rocks which could correspond to a flysch formation with prevailing pelitic fraction.

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Synonyms of conductive

Antonyms

Forms of conductive

comparativemore conductive
superlativemost conductive

Origin of conductive

From conduct + -ive.

Words formed from conductive

Phrases with conductive

Questions about conductive

What does conductive mean?
Conductive means able to conduct electrical current or heat.
What is conductive in Hindi?
Conductive in Hindi is प्रवाहकीय. See Conductive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is conductive?
Conductive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce conductive?
Conductive is pronounced /kənˈdʌktɪv/.

Words near conductive in the dictionary

  1. conduction time
  2. conduction times
  3. conductional
  4. conductions
  5. conductitious
  6. conductive
  7. conductive coupling
  8. conductive pen
  9. conductive pens
  10. conductively
  11. conductiveness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conductive (page history and authors); conductive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conductive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conductive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conductive (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conductive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conductive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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