Definition of conductor Conductor

/kʌndʌˈktɚ/ - [kundukter] - con•duc•tor

We found 24 definitions of conductor from 8 different sources.

What does conductor mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: conductors
conductor - the person who leads a musical group
		music director, director
		musician artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
		bandleader the leader of a dance band
		bandmaster the conductor of a band
		drum major the leader of a marching band or drum corps
		drum majorette, majorette a female drum major
conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
		device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
		busbar, bus an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system"
		transmission line, cable, line a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
		electric cord, cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
		electrode a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
		heat sink a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
		lightning conductor, lightning rod a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
		semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor a conductor made with semiconducting material
		electrical shunt, bypass, shunt a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
		wave guide, waveguide a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar
conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
		dielectric, insulator, nonconductor a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
		material, stuff things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
		atomic number 29, cu, copper any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
		ag, atomic number 47, silver coins made of silver
conductor - the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
		gatherer, accumulator, collector a person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and gatherers"

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Wiktionary

conductor (Noun)
One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
conductor (Noun)
A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
conductor (Noun)
A person who takes tickets on public transportation.
conductor (Noun)
Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
conductor (Noun)
An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed.
conductor (Noun)
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
conductor (Noun)
A leader.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

conductor (n.)
One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
conductor (n.)
One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.
conductor (n.)
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
conductor (n.)
A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
conductor (n.)
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
conductor (n.)
Same as Leader.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

conductor
A person who checks tickets on board of a public transport.
conductor
A person who directs and guides a musical performance through visual language.
conductor
Material that allows the flow of an electric charge.

Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡

conductor
In electricity, anything that permits the passage of an electric current. Any disturbance in the ether takes the form of waves because the ether has restitutive force or elasticity. In a conductor, on the other hand, this force is wanting; it opens a path through the ether and a disturbance advances through it from end to end with a wave front, but with no succession of waves. This advance is the beginning of what is termed a current. It is, by some theorists, attributed to impulses given at all points along the conductor through the surrounding ether, so that a current is not merely due to an end thrust. If ether waves preclude a current on account of their restitutive force, ether waves cannot be maintained in a conductor, hence conductors should be opaque to light, for the latter is due to ether waves. This is one of the more practical every day facts brought out in Clerk Maxwell's electromagnetic theory of light. The term conductor is a relative one, as except a vacuum there is probably no substance that has not some conducting power. For relative conducting power, tables of conductivity, q. v., should be consulted. The metals beginning with silver are the best conductors, glass is one of the worst.
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Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

conductor
From Eng. coin, and Lat. duco, to command. One who commands the coin.

Wikipedia

A conductor is a material which electricity can flow through. Most metals, like iron and copper, are conductors. These metals are used to make wires.

Some materials are semi-conductors. This means that electricity "can" flow through them, but not very well.

Some materials are resistors. This means that they make it very hard for electricity to flow through them.

Some materials are insulators. This means that they stop electric current completely. Wires are covered with insulators like plastic to stop the electricity from leaving the wire.