CONDUCTOR

conductor

(noun) a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

conductor, music director, director

(noun) the person who leads a musical group

conductor

(noun) the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

conductor

(noun) a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

conductor

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers

Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.

(mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

(architecture) A leader.

Antonyms

• non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)

Source: Wiktionary

Con*duct"or, n. Etym: [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]

1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden.

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

3. (Mus.)

Definition: The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

4. (Physics)

Definition: A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

5. (Surg.)

Definition: A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

6. (Arch.)

Definition: Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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