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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-conductor.ogg


Noun

  1. A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble.
  2. A person who takes tickets on public transportation
  3. : train conductor
  4. Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.


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  • : conductor

Category:Technology

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Spanish

Noun

  1. driver
  2. conductor#Enlish|conductor (Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound)


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Conductor \Con*duct"or\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [LL., a
carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a
guide; a manager; a director.
[1913 Webster]

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad
train or a street car. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]

3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium
for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or
electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
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5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing
instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
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6. (Arch.) Same as Leader.
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Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an
electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or
retain the electricity.
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WordNet conductor
n 1: the person who leads a musical group [syn: music director,
director]
2: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
3: a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
[ant: insulator]
4: the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
Moby Dictionary
Kapellmeister , Mahdi , administrator , agent , baggage man , bakehead ,
band leader , band major , bandmaster , bell cow , bell mare ,
bellwether , bodyguard , born leader , brakeman , brakie , butcher ,
cavalier , chaperon , charismatic leader , choirmaster , choragus ,
companion , conductance , conduction , conductivity , convoy ,
coryphaeus , deputy , dielectric , directeur , director , dispatcher ,
driver , drum major , duce , duenna , electric conduction , engineer ,
escort , esquire , fellow traveler , file leader , fireman ,
footplate man , forerunner , fugleman , functionary , gas conduction ,
governor , guard , handler , impresario , inspired leader , insulator ,
intendant , ionic conduction , leader , leader of men , lineman ,
liquid conduction , manager , manipulator , messiah ,
metallic conduction , mho , nonconductor , operant , operative ,
operator , orchestra leader , pacemaker , pacesetter , photoconduction ,
pilot , porter , precentor , producer , railroad man , railroader ,
rector , redcap , responsible person , ringleader , runner ,
safe-conduct , semiconductor , shepherd , smoke agent , squire ,
standard-bearer , stationmaster , steersman , stoker , supercargo ,
superconductivity , superconductor , swain , switchman ,
symphonic conductor , torchbearer , trainboy , trainman , trainmaster ,
usher , yardman , yardmaster


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