Meaning & use
conductible
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Meaning
adjectivenot comparabletechnical
Able to carry heat, electricity, or sound through it.
Grammar: Used mainly before a noun or after verbs like be, seem, and become: a conductible material; the metal is conductible.
Patterns
- a conductible material
- be conductible
Copper is highly conductible, which is why it is used in electrical wiring.
The engineers tested whether the new alloy was conductible at high temperatures.
Water with dissolved salts is more conductible than pure water.
Common combinations
- highly conductible
- Silver is the most highly conductible metal.
- conductible material
- They used a conductible material to connect the two parts.
- conductible at high temperatures
- The ceramic remains conductible at high temperatures.
Synonyms and how they differ
- conductive
- Much more common in modern English; use 'conductive' in everyday and scientific writing, and 'conductible' only in older or very formal texts.
Opposites
Word family
- conduct verb
- To carry heat, electricity, or sound; also to lead or manage.
- conduction noun
- The process by which heat or electricity moves through a material.
- conductive adjective
- Able to conduct electricity or heat; the usual modern word.
- conductivity noun
- A measure of how well a material conducts electricity or heat.
Commonly confused: conductible or conductive?
conductible vs conductive
Both mean 'able to conduct', but 'conductive' is the standard term in science and everyday speech; 'conductible' is rare.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'conductible' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Conductible' is an adjective meaning able to carry heat or electricity, so it fits before 'material'. Options 2 and 4 use it as a verb, and option 3 uses it as a noun; those are wrong word classes.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “conductible”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.