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Conductivity vs Electrotonus - What's the difference?

conductivity | electrotonus |

As nouns the difference between conductivity and electrotonus

is that conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound while electrotonus is (biology) the variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it.

conductivity

English

Noun

(wikipedia conductivity)
  • The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
  • (physics) The reciprocal of resistivity

    • Derived terms

    * hydraulic conductivity

    Related terms

    * conductance

    See also

    * permeability

    electrotonus

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it

    • Related terms

    *electrotonic