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Transduction vs Conduction - What's the difference?

transduction | conduction |

In physics terms the difference between transduction and conduction

is that transduction is the conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer while conduction is the conveying of heat or electricity through material.

As nouns the difference between transduction and conduction

is that transduction is the transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid while conduction is the conveying of heat or electricity through material.

transduction

English

Noun

  • (biology) The transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid
  • The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another
  • (physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another
  • (physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer
  • (logic) A form of inference involving reasoning from one specific case to another (compare induction)
  • conduction

    Noun

  • (physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
  • The act of leading or guiding.
  • (Sir Walter Raleigh)
  • (obsolete) The act of training up.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    See also

    * conduct * conductivity * conductor