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con·duc·tor 
[kuhn-duhk-ter] Pronunciation Key
[kuhn-duhk-ter] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person who conducts; a leader, guide, director, or manager. |
| 2. | an employee on a bus, train, or other public conveyance, who is in charge of the conveyance and its passengers, collects fares or tickets, etc. |
| 3. | a person who directs an orchestra or chorus, communicating to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands his or her interpretation of the music. |
| 4. | a substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc.: Copper is a good conductor of electricity. |
| 5. | lightning rod. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| con·duc·tor
(kən-dŭk'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.
con'duc·to'ri·al (kŏn'dŭk-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., con·duc'tor·ship' n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| conductor | |
noun | |
| 1. | the person who leads a musical group |
| 2. | a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat [ant: dielectric] |
| 3. | the person who collects fares on a public conveyance |
| 4. | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| conductor
(kən-dŭk'tər) Pronunciation Key
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 resistance, superconductivity.
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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conductor
A material through which electric current can pass. In general, metals are good conductors. Copper or aluminum is normally used to conduct electricity in commercial and household systems. (Compare insulator.)
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
conductor con·duc·tor (kən-dŭk'tər)
n.
- A substance or medium that conducts heat, light, sound, or especially an electric charge.
- An instrument or probe having a groove along which a knife is passed in slitting open a sinus or fistula; a grooved director.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Conductor
Con*duct"or\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]k"t[~e]r), n. [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.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. 4. (Physics) 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.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. 6. (Arch.) Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.
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