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conductor

noun
/kənˈdʌktɚ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

  1. derived from conductor
  2. derived from conduitor
  3. borrowed from conductour

Definitions

  1. One who conducts or leads

    One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

    • […]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;

  2. A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

    A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

  3. A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

    • train conductor
    • tram conductor
    • "[…] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

      • Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water.
      • 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.

    2. 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.

    3. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps

      A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

    4. A leader.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conductor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conductor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at conductor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA