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Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. Shak.

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay.

What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? Dryden.

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay.

Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

Syn. -- Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior.

Con*duct" (k&obreve;n*dŭkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct, n.] 1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.

2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.

3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Con*duct", v. i. 1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

Con*duct`i*bil"i*ty (k&obreve;n*dŭk`t&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. [Cf. F. conductibilitÚ.] 1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Con*duct"i*ble (-b'l), a. Capable of being conducted.

Con*duc"tion (k&obreve;n*dŭk"shŭn), n. [L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.] 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.

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.

Con*duct"ive (-dŭk"t&ibreve;v), a. Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).

Con`duc*tiv"i*ty (k&obreve;n`dŭk*t&ibreve;v"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. - - Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree.