English Explanatory Dictionary

conductor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
  2. 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.
  4. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
  5. An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
  6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
  7. A leader.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdʌktɚ/ en-us-conductor.ogg

Word forms

conductor conductors conductour

Etymology

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

Antonyms

dielectric nonconductor insulator

Related words

conduct ticket inspector

Derived words

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
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