How to Use conductive in a Sentence

conductive

adjective
  • This one comes with a 135-inch spring-wire cord and a spare conductive spring and bulb.
    Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Flows are at a level that is conductive to both wade and float fishing.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
  • The annealing step expands the copper across the gap to form a conductive bridge.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
  • Kids can mold the conductive dough into creations that move, flash, and make sound.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 June 2017
  • The young nymphs live below ground and feed on the fluids flowing through the conductive tissue of plant roots.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2021
  • The next step is to go in with your conductive gel or a serum that is compatible with your tool.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Just wash your face, apply a conductive serum, like this one from the brand, or your own products, and press and glide it along your skin.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • Flashover occurs when the surface of the body is more conductive than the inside—for instance, if the skin is covered in sweat.
    The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The core of the pan is super conductive aluminum, which is clad in layers of high-gloss stainless steel.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • In the man's case, his conductive hearing loss was due to the rupturing of his eardrums, Dubach told Live Science.
    Fox News, 16 May 2017
  • Better yet, without the gel, users simply had to make sure the conductive part of the electrode was touching skin.
    Betsy Isaacson, Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2016
  • As a proof-of-concept, the team made small textile sensors out of gelatin fibers, cotton and conductive yarns.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But these concoctions are less conductive than the pure stuff.
    Wired, 15 July 2022
  • The most common type of hearing loss in young children is a conductive loss, which concerns how loud sound must be for a child to hear it.
    Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2020
  • The first, conductive hearing loss, is due to a blockage in the outer or middle ear that stops sounds from getting through.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Connect the conductive thread to the Circuit Playground.
    Andy Clark, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2021
  • The handheld device works by touching conductive gel on the skin’s surface, and it was first approved to treat cluster headaches in adults in 2017.
    Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 10 June 2021
  • The sensors are wired into a circuit with conductive thread.
    Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 12 July 2017
  • The extremeley non-conductive aerogel sheet easily guards the wax from the heat.
    Wired Blogs, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2005
  • Loose welding beads may form a conductive path between the hybrid battery cells which could lead to a short-circuit.
    USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The conductive plastic traces were printed into the container wall as it was built.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Fungus can reduce wood strength and may kill storage and conductive tissues in the sapwood.
    oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
  • There are areas where conductive tape must be applied to bridge metal.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
  • Roads and airports aren’t the only places conductive concrete can be useful.
    National Geographic, 26 Jan. 2016
  • When pressure is applied to the fabric—say, from someone touching it—the conductive yarn closes a circuit and is read by the sensors.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2023
  • Copper is so conductive that the rim of the pan is exactly as hot as the bottom, which allows you to cook more efficiently.
    David Bouley, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2016
  • O’Connor made the sensors by painting the thin layer of conductive carbon onto a stretchy plastic.
    Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 12 July 2017
  • Avoid highly conductive fixtures, like toilets, faucets, sinks and pipes, and save the landline phone calls for another time.
    Kelly Sundstrom, ajc, 9 June 2018
  • The electrodes and electrolyte need to be electrically conductive to allow electrons and ions to flow from one electrode to the other.
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 10 May 2018

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