Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
2. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3. (transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
4. (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
5. (mathematics) 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. (architecture) A leader.

Example Sentences

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

train conductor

tram conductor

"[…] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor."

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.

If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.

Word Forms

• conductors
• conductour

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When Should You Use Conductor?

Use conductor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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