ductor
noun/ˈdʌktə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Latin ductor, agent noun of duco (“to lead”).
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Obsolete One who leads.
- The Rhombus or Lozenge figure ſo viſible in this order, vvas alſo a remarkable form of battle in the Grecian Cavalry, […] As being moſt ready to turn every vvay, and beſt to be commanded, as having its ductors, or Commanders at each Angle.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter II.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 115:
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Media, Printing, Publishing A device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
- 1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887. The combination, with a fountain-roller and an ink-cylinder, of a ductor movable between said roller and cylinder for delivering ink from one to the other...
- Ink is transferred to the ink distribution rollers by a ductor roller.2004, Daniel Gamota, Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics, Springer, published 2004, →ISBN: