conductors
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tər 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.
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conductor (kənˈdʌktə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an official on a bus who collects fares, checks tickets, etc |
| 2. | Also called (esp US): director a person who conducts an orchestra, choir, etc |
| 3. | a person who leads or guides |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) a railway official in charge of a train |
| 5. | a substance, body, or system that conducts electricity, heat, etc |
| 6. | See lightning conductor |
| con'ductorship | |
| —n | |
| conductress | |
| —fem n | |
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Word Origin & History
conductor
1481, "one who leads or guides," conduitour, from O.Fr. conduitor, from L. conductorem, agent noun from conducere (see conduce). Meaning "leader of an orchestra or chorus" is from 1784; meaning "one who has charge of passengers and collects fares on a railroad" is 1832,
Amer.Eng. Physics sense of "object or device that passes heat" is from 1745; of electricity from 1737.
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Science Dictionary
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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Cultural Dictionary
conductor definition
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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Example sentences
Conductors try to get people past this by exhorting them to listen to the group and not to themselves.
Legend has it that the conductors had the elephants get out and push the train up the mountain.
Until recently, plastics were known more for being insulators than conductors or semiconductors.
Other people claim that the dullness of opera is due to the conductors.
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