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Heat's version of gossip — it only spreads if you're touching someone.
means The transfer of heat (or electricity) through a material by direct contact, as fast-moving particles jostle their slower neighbors into motion.
from From Latin conducere — 'to bring together, lead' (com- 'together' + ducere 'to lead'). The same root gives us 'conduct' and 'duct.' Scientists borrowed it in the 1600s-1700s to describe how heat or electric charge gets 'led through' a substance, particle handing energy to particle like a bucket brigade — no travel required, just contact.
- speed factor
- metals conduct fast because electrons carry the heat
- opposite extreme
- vacuum conducts nothing, no neighbors to bump into
- everyday proof
- metal spoon feels colder than wood, same room temp