Conductor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Conductor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Conductor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conductor n the person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director] a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat Antonym(s): dielectric, insulator, nonconductor the person who collects fares on a public conveyance a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conductor \Conduct"or\ (k[ocr]nd[ucr]k"t[etil]r), n. [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.] 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. --Dryden. 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.] 3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. 4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod. 5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. 6. (Arch.) Same as {Leader}. {Prime conductor} (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.