Meaning Of The Word Thermal conductivity

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Thermal conductivity Meaning

Thermal conductivity Definition
Thermal conductivity Definition

What's The Definition Of Thermal conductivity?

thermal conductivity in American English
noun: the amount of heat per unit time per unit area that can be conducted through a plate of unit thickness of a given material, the faces of the plate differing by one unit of temperature

thermal conductivity in British English
noun: a measure of the ability of a substance to conduct heat, determined by the rate of heat flow normally through an area in the substance divided by the area and by minus the component of the temperature gradient in the direction of flow: measured in watts p

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