conductor

con·duc·tor  (kn-dktr)

n.

1. One who conducts, especially:

a. One who is in charge of a railroad train, bus, or streetcar.

b. Music One who directs an orchestra or other such group.

2. Physics A substance or medium that conducts heat, light, sound, or especially an electric charge.

3. A lightning rod, as on a house or barn.

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conduc·tori·al (kndk-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.

con·ductor·ship n.

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conductor [kənˈdʌktə]

n

1. an official on a bus who collects fares, checks tickets, etc.

2. (Music / Classical Music) Also called (esp US) director a person who conducts an orchestra, choir, etc.

3. a person who leads or guides

4. (Transport / Railways) US and Canadian a railway official in charge of a train

5. (Physics / General Physics) a substance, body, or system that conducts electricity, heat, etc.

6. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) See lightning conductor

conductorship  n

conductress  [kənˈdʌktrɪs] fem n

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conductor  (kn-dktr)

A material or an object that conducts heat, electricity, light, or sound. Electrical conductors contain electric charges (usually electrons) that are relatively free to move through the material; a voltage applied across the conductor therefore creates an electric current. Insulators (electrical nonconductors) contain no charges that move when subject to a voltage. Compare insulator. See also resistancesuperconductivity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conductor - the person who leads a musical group music director, director bandleader - the leader of a dance band bandmaster - the conductor of a band drum major - the leader of a marching band or drum corps drum majorette, majorette - a female drum major musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
	2.	conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" atomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor Ag, atomic number 47, silver - a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography semiconducting material, semiconductor - a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities dielectric, insulator, nonconductor - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
	3.	conductor - the person who collects fares on a public conveyance accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) conductress - a woman conductor
	4.	conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. busbar, bus - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power electric cord, cord - a light insulated conductor for household use device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit heat sink - a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat lightning conductor, lightning rod - a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material electrical shunt, shunt, bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current wave guide, waveguide - a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar conducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

Translations

conductor [kənˈdʌktəʳ] N

1. (Mus) → director(a) m/f; (on bus) → cobrador(a) m/f (US) (Rail) → revisor(a) m/f

2. (Phys) [of heat, electricity] → conductor m (also lightning conductor) → pararrayos m inv

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conductor [kənˈdʌktə^r] n

[orchestra] → chef mf d'orchestre

(on bus) → receveur/euse m/f

(US) (on train) → chef mf de train

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) → conducteur m

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conductor

n

(Mus) → Dirigent(in) m(f); (of choir also) → Leiter(in) m(f)

(= bus, tram conductor) → Schaffner m; (US Rail: = guard) → Zugführer m

(Phys) → Leiter m; (= lightning conductor) → Blitzableiter m

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conductor [kənˈdʌktəʳ] n (of orchestra) → direttore m d'orchestra; (on bus) → bigliettaio (Am) (Rail) → controllore m (Phys) (of heat, electricity) → conduttore m

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conductor [kənˈdʌktəʳ] n (of orchestra) → direttore m d'orchestra; (on bus) → bigliettaio (Am) (Rail) → controllore m (Phys) (of heat, electricity) → conduttore m

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conductor → قائد فرقة موسيقية dirigent dirigent Dirigent μαέστρος director, director de orquestra kapellimestari chef d’orchestre dirigent direttore d’orchestra 指揮者 지휘자 dirigent dirigent dyrygent maestro дирижер dirigent ผู้ควบคุมวงดนตรี orkestra şefi nhạc trưởng 乐队指挥