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
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.
• 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
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
