conductor
noun/kənˈdʌktɚ/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
7 senses
- 1One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- 2A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music…
- 3A person who takes tickets on public transportation and…
- 4Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
- 5An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from…
- 6A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments…
- 7A leader.
1
One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- […]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3
Transport A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
- train conductor
- tram conductor
1 more example
- "[…] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
4
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
- Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.1952, Safety Maintenance:
- The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity.1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
5
Mathematics, Sciences An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
6
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
7
Architecture A leader.
- Derived terms
- Bioconductor, bus conductor, conductoress, conductorette, conductorial, conductorless, conductorly, conductor rail, conductorship, hyperconductor, lightning conductor, line conductor, live conductor, microconductor, multiconductor, nanoconductor, neutral conductor, osteoconductor, photoconductor, radioconductor, reconductor, superconductor
- Related terms
- conduct, ticket inspector