conductor
Other forms: conductors
A train conductor is the person who takes tickets, shouts "All aboard!" and might control the engine, while a musical conductor is the one who leads an orchestra. Same job title — not the same person.
From the Latin root conducere, meaning "bring together," a conductor does just that. A music conductor makes sure all the musicians come in at the right time and tempo, and a train conductor brings together all of the passengers. Another type of conductor is something that passes on electricity or heat, like a metal spoon, a conductor of heat when left in a pot that's simmering on the stove.
Definitions of conductor
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the person who leads a musical groupsynonyms: director, music directorexamples:Leonard BernsteinUnited States conductor and composer (1918-1990)Lord Britten of Aldeburghmajor English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)Arthur Fiedlerpopular United States conductor (1894-1979)Paul HindemithGerman neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)Sergei Aleksandrovich KoussevitzkyUnited States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)Leonard Constant LambertEnglish composer and conductor (1905-1951)Gustav MahlerAustrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)Eugene OrmandyUnited States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985)Seiji OzawaUnited States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)Leopold Antoni Stanislaw StokowskiUnited States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)George SzellUnited States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970)Arturo ToscaniniItalian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957)Bruno WalterGerman conductor (1876-1962)Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von WeberGerman conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)Sir Henry Joseph WoodEnglish conductor (1869-1944)types:bandleaderthe leader of a dance bandbandmasterthe conductor of a banddrum majorthe leader of a marching band or drum corpstype of:musicianartist who composes or conducts music as a profession
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the person who collects fares on a public conveyancetypes:conductressa woman conductortype of:accumulator, collector, gatherera person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
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a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heatantonyms:insulatora material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivitytypes:Cu, atomic number 29, coppera ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductorAg, atomic number 47, silvera soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photographysemiconducting material, semiconductora substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impuritiesGe, atomic number 32, germaniuma brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyroditeSi, atomic number 14, silicona tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistorsblister copperan impure form of copper having a black blistered surfacecoin silvera silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins
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a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.types:cable, line, transmission linea conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric powerelectrodea conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuitheat sinka metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heatlightning conductor, lightning roda metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightningsemiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unita conductor made with semiconducting materialbypass, electrical shunt, shunta conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the currentwave guide, waveguidea hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radaranodea positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical devicebase(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collectorcathodea negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical devicechip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chipelectronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuitcollectorthe electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodescrystal rectifier, diode, junction rectifier, semiconductor diodea semiconductor that consists of a p-n junctionelectrical cablea cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stationselectron gunthe electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses itemitterthe electrode in a transistor where electrons originateextension cordan electric cord used to extend the length of a power cordfiber optic cable, fibre optic cablea cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of lightfilamenta thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric currentcontrol grid, gridan electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tubelead-inwire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission linen-type semiconductora semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electronspatchcorda length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboardpower corda cord to conduct power to an electrical applianceprinter cablea cable between a computer and a printerp-type semiconductora semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holestelegraph line, telegraph wire, telephone line, telephone wirethe wire that carries telegraph and telephone signalsthermal resistor, thermistora semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuitelectronic transistor, junction transistor, transistora semiconductor device capable of amplificationtype of:devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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