Conductivity in Malayalam
Physics and chemistry textbooks use ചാലകത്വം (chaalakathwam) for conductivity, built from the word for a conductor plus the suffix that forms an abstract quality. It is purely technical.
Most common translation
Conductivity, conduction.
ചെമ്പിന്റെ ചാലകത്വം വളരെ കൂടുതലാണ്.
chempinte chaalakathwam valare kooduthalaanu.
The conductivity of copper is very high.
Dictionary entry
- ചാലകത്വം (chaalakathwam) — Conductivity, conduction.
ചാലകത്വം (chaalakathwam) covers both conductivity and conduction, of heat and of electricity alike.
Common questions
How do you say conductivity in Malayalam?
ചാലകത്വം (chaalakathwam), the textbook term.
Would anyone use this in conversation?
Rarely outside a classroom or a lab, since everyday Malayalam borrows English terms for electrical talk.