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Do you mean "transmitted" or "exchanged" instead of "conducted"? Conduction is one of three methods of heat exchange. The other two are convection and radiation.

Conduction is heat exchanged when a material directly touches a cooler material. The atoms in the hotter material vibrate against the atoms in the cooler material, causing the cooler atoms to vibrate faster and become warmer.

Convection is heat exchanged when a material moves from one place to another. In a home heating system, hot air from the furnace or radiator is blown around the house, and the house is thus heated by convection.

Radiation is heat exchanged by electromagnetic radiation. The Earth is heated by light (electromagnetic waves) from the Sun.

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