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conductorial

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con⋅duc⋅tor

  [kuhn-duhk-ter]
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–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.
Origin:
1400–50; < L (see conduce, -tor ); r. late ME cond(u)itour < AF, equiv. to MF conduiteur < L as above; see conduit

Related forms:
con⋅duc⋅to⋅ri⋅al  [kon-duhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] , adjective
con⋅duc⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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con·duc·tor   (kən-dŭk'tər)   
n.  

  1. One who conducts, especially:

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

    2. 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.

con'duc·to'ri·al (kŏn'dŭk-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., con·duc'tor·ship' n.
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Cultural Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·duc·tor
Pronunciation: k&n-'d&k-t&r
Function: noun
1 a : a material or object that permits an electriccurrent to flow easily b : a material capable of transmitting another form of energy (as heat or sound)
2 : a bodily part (as a nerve fiber) that transmitsexcitation
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conductor con·duc·tor (kən-dŭk'tər)
n.

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

  2. 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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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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