Able to conduct or transmit electricity, heat, or other forms of energy through a material; contributing to or promoting a particular result.
From Latin 'conducere' (to lead together, conduct) plus the suffix '-ive' (from Latin '-ivus,' meaning tending to or having the quality of). The term has dual meanings: scientific (about transmission) and general (about contributing).
Copper and aluminum are 'conductive' metals—they have free electrons that can flow like tiny rivers of charge, which is why power lines use them; insulators block this flow by keeping electrons locked in place.
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