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Conductor
//kənˈdʌktɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
"[…]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;"
- 2 a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. wordnet
- 3 A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- 4 the person who leads a musical group wordnet
- 5 A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
"train conductor"
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- 6 the person who collects fares on a public conveyance wordnet
- 7 Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
"Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water."
- 8 a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat wordnet
- 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."
- 10 A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- 11 A leader.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
See also for "conductor"
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