# conducting

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-DUK-ting" /kənˈdʌktɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of conduct. — present participle and gerund of conduct
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of conduct. Use this form for an action happening now or as a noun naming the activity.
   - _The scientist spent the morning conducting experiments in the lab._
   - _Conducting a full investigation took the committee several weeks._

## Noun

2. Able to transmit electric charge or heat through its material; equivalent in meaning to conductive.
   - Simple: Able to let electricity or heat pass through it easily.
   - _The cable's conducting core carries current with very little loss._
   - _Engineers chose a highly conducting alloy for the connectors._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/conducting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).