Conductor

//kənˈdʌktɚ// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

    "[…]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;"

  2. 2
    a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
  4. 4
    the person who leads a musical group wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

    "train conductor"

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  1. 6
    the person who collects fares on a public conveyance wordnet
  2. 7
    Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

    "Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water."

  3. 8
    a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat wordnet
  4. 9
    An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

    "If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings."

  5. 10
    A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
  6. 11
    A leader.

Example

More examples

"The band played marvellously under the baton of a new conductor."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

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