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Six example sentences with conductivity, each labelled with its topic.
Copper pans are prized for their conductivity, since the base warms evenly instead of scorching one small patch.
Cooking
Adding a trace of silver raised the wire's conductivity enough that the connector stopped getting warm under load.
Technology
Ocean sensors track conductivity to work out how salty a current is, since salty water carries a charge better.
Environment
Students measure the conductivity of salt water by watching how brightly a small bulb glows across two dipped wires.
Science
The concrete walls had such high thermal conductivity that the house lost its heat before midnight every winter.
Architecture
Heart-rate chest straps read badly at first, then improve once sweat raises the skin's conductivity under the electrodes.
Fitness
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