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The act of leading or guiding.

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  1. n. The act of leading or guiding.
  2. n. The act of training up.
  3. n. Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
  4. n. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  5. 1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. The act of training up. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. [The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc.
  6. Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also,conductivity.[The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they arein contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle,constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc.
  7. n:100 n. the transmission of heat or electricity or sound