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conductor

[ kuhn-duhk-ter ]

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 a specific interpretation of the music to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands
  4. a substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc.:

    Copper is a good conductor of electricity.



conductor

/ k蓹n藞d蕦kt蓹; k蓹n藞d蕦ktr瑟s /

noun

  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. a railway official in charge of a train
  5. a substance, body, or system that conducts electricity, heat, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

conductor

  1. 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.
  2. Compare insulatorSee also resistance

conductor

  1. A material through which electric current (see also 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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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞诲耻肠迟辞谤藢蝉丑颈辫, noun
  • conductress, noun:feminine
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路诲耻肠路迟辞路谤颈路补濒 [kon-duhk-, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
  • 肠辞苍路诲耻肠顎僼辞谤路蝉丑颈辫顎 noun
  • 尘耻濒顎卼颈路肠辞苍路诲耻肠顎僼辞谤 adjective
  • 辫谤别顎卌辞苍路诲耻肠顎僼辞谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of conductor1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; from Latin ( conduce, -tor ); replacing late Middle English cond(u)itour from Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French conduiteur from Latin as above; conduit
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On stage, Junior H took the role of a conductor overseing the 25 musicians backing him.

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He recounts how a train conductor told actor Michael Noble - who plays Michael's confidant/enforcer, Banksey - that they had "done they city proud".

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It鈥檚 a tricky balance, and it鈥檚 why he鈥檚 expanded the choir to multiple locations and hired associate conductors, which is something he plans to invest in more heavily for the future.

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Every conductor is, in effect, a guest of the manor invited by the musicians.

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鈥淭谩r鈥 takes place inside that vacuum, where the conductor propagates this great myth to maintain her control.

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