Dictionary Definition
conductor
Noun
1 the person who leads a musical group [syn:
music
director, director]
2 a device designed to transmit electricity,
heat, etc.
3 a substance that readily conducts e.g.
electricity and heat [ant: insulator]
4 the person who collects fares on a public
conveyance
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation
- train conductor
- Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
Antonyms
- non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)
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Translations
a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or
other music ensemble
- Chinese: 演奏者
- Croatian: ravnatelj
- Dutch: dirigent
- Finnish: orkesterinjohtaja
- French: chef d'orchestre
- German: Dirigent
- Hebrew: מנצח (menatze'akh) , מנצחת (menatzakhat)
- Hungarian: karmester
- Interlingua: director de orchestra
- Japanese: 指揮者 (しきしゃ, shikisha)
- Lithuanian: dirigentas
- Persian: (rahbar-e orkestr)
- Polish: dyrygent
- Portuguese: maestro
- Russian: дирижёр /dirižór/
- Serbian: dirigent
- Slovene: dirigent
- Swedish: dirigent
- Vietnamese: nhạc trưởng, chỉ huy dàn nhạc
a person who takes tickets on public
transportation
- Croatian: kondukter
- Dutch: conducteur
- Finnish: konduktööri
- French: conducteur (of a bus)
- German: Schaffner
- Hebrew: כרטיסן (kart'isan) , כרטיסנית (kart'isanyt)
- Hungarian: kalauz
- Interlingua: billetero
- Japanese: コンダクター (kondakutā), 引率者 (insotsu-sha)
- Lithuanian: konduktorius
- Polish: konduktor
- Portuguese: condutor
- Russian: кондуктор /kondúktor/ , проводник /provodník/
- Serbian: kondukter , sprovodnik , provodnik
- Slovene: sprevodnik
- Swedish: konduktör
- Vietnamese: người lấy vé, người bán vé (conductor who sells tickets), người phục vụ hành khác
something which can transmit electricity, heat,
light or sound
- Chinese: 傳導體
- Croatian: konduktor
- Czech: vodič
- Dutch: geleider
- Finnish: johde
- French: conducteur
- German: Leiter
- Hebrew: מוליך (molykh)
- Interlingua: conductor
- Japanese: 導体 (dōtai)
- Lithuanian: laidininkas
- Polish: przewodnik
- Portuguese: condutor
- Russian: проводник /provodník/
- Serbian: konduktor , sprovodnik , provodnik
- Slovene: prevodnik
- Swedish: ledare
- Vietnamese: chất dẫn
- ttbc Spanish: conductor
Spanish
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See also
Extensive Definition
Conductor or conduction may refer to:
- Conductor (transportation), a person who sells and checks tickets on a bus, train, etc.
- Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble by way of visible gestures
- Conductor (British Army), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors
- Conductor (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
- Electrical conductor, a material allowing the flow of electric current
- Electrical conduction, the movement of charged particles through an electrical conductor
- Fast ion conductor, a solid state electrical conductor which conducts due to the movement of ions
- Heat conduction, the transfer of thermal energy through matter
- Sound conduction, conduction of sound through air, solid, or liquid
- Mr. Conductor, a character in Shining Time Station and in Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- Conduction, in music, a type of structured free improvisation developed by Butch Morris
conductor in Czech: fabulous
conductor in Danish: amazing
conductor in German: sick
conductor in Spanish: rad
conductor in French: baby boyy
conductor in Indonesian: Konduktor
conductor in Italian: Conduttore
conductor in Lithuanian: Laidininkas
conductor in Malay (macrolanguage):
Konduktor
conductor in Dutch: Dirigent
conductor in Norwegian: Dirigent
conductor in Polish: Przewodnictwo
conductor in Portuguese: Condução
conductor in Sicilian: Cunnutturi
conductor in Swedish: Ledare
conductor in Turkish: İletken
conductor in Ukrainian: Провідник
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Kapellmeister, Mahdi, administrator, agent, baggage man, bakehead, band leader, band
major, bandmaster,
bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, bodyguard, born leader,
brakeman, brakie, butcher, cavalier, chaperon, charismatic leader,
choirmaster,
choragus, companion, conductance, conduction, conductivity, convoy, coryphaeus, deputy, dielectric, directeur, director, dispatcher, driver, drum major, duce, duenna, electric conduction,
engineer, escort, esquire, fellow traveler, file
leader, fireman,
footplate man, forerunner, fugleman, functionary, gas conduction,
governor, guard, handler, impresario, inspired leader,
insulator, intendant, ionic conduction,
leader, leader of men,
lineman, liquid
conduction, manager,
manipulator,
messiah, metallic
conduction, mho, nonconductor, operant, operative, operator, orchestra leader,
pacemaker, pacesetter, photoconduction,
pilot, porter, precentor, producer, railroad man,
railroader, rector, redcap, responsible person,
ringleader, runner, safe-conduct, semiconductor, shepherd, smoke agent, squire, standard-bearer, stationmaster, steersman, stoker, supercargo, superconductivity,
superconductor,
swain, switchman, symphonic
conductor, torchbearer, trainboy, trainman, trainmaster, usher, yardman, yardmaster