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conductor
con·duc·tor / kənˈdəktər/ • n. 1. a person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir. 2. a person in charge of a train, streetcar, or other public conveyance, who collects fares and sells tickets. 3. Physics a material or device that conducts or transmits heat, electricity, or sound, esp. when regarded in terms of its capacity to do this. ∎ another term for lightning rod. DERIVATIVES: con·duc·to·ri·al / ˌkänˌdəkˈtôrēəl; kən-/ adj. con·duc·tor·ship / -ˌship/ n. (in sense 1). |
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"conductor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "conductor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-conductor.html "conductor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-conductor.html |
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conductor Substance or object that allows easy passage of free electrons. Conductors have low electrical resistance that opposes the flow. Metals, the best conductors, have free electrons that become an electric current when moved. The resistance of metal conductors increases with temperature because the lattice vibrations of atoms increase and scatter the free electrons.
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"conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-conductor.html "conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-conductor.html |
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conductor Substance or object that allows easy passage of free electrons. Conductors have low electrical resistance that opposes the flow. Metals, the best conductors, have free electrons that become an electric current when moved. The resistance of metal conductors increases with temperature because the lattice vibrations of atoms increase and scatter the free electrons.
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"conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-conductor1.html "conductor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-conductor1.html |
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conductor (kŏn-duk-ter) n.
1. (in physics) a substance capable of transmitting heat (e.g. copper, silver) or electricity. 2. (in surgery) a grooved surgical director. |
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"conductor." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "conductor." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-conductor.html "conductor." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-conductor.html |
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conductor
•exploiter, goitre (US goiter), loiter, reconnoitre (US reconnoiter), Reuter
•anointer, appointer, jointer, pointer
•cloister, hoister, oyster, roister
•accoutre (US accouter), commuter, computer, disputer, hooter, looter, neuter, pewter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, rooter, saluter, scooter, shooter, souter, suitor, tooter, transmuter, tutor, uprooter
•booster, rooster
•doomster • freebooter • sharpshooter
•peashooter • six-shooter
•troubleshooter • prosecutor
•persecutor • prostitutor
•telecommuter
•footer, putter
•Gupta • Worcester • Münster
•pussyfooter • executor
•contributor, distributor
•collocutor, interlocutor
•abutter, aflutter, butter, Calcutta, clutter, constructor, cutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, nutter, scutter, shutter, splutter, sputter, strutter, stutter, utter
•abductor, conductor, destructor, instructor, obstructor
•insulter
•Arunta, Bunter, chunter, Grantha, grunter, Gunter, hunter, junta, punter, shunter
•corrupter, disrupter, interrupter
•sculptor
•adjuster, Augusta, bluster, buster, cluster, Custer, duster, fluster, lustre (US luster), muster, thruster, truster
•huckster • Ulster • dumpster
•funster, Munster, punster
•funkster, youngster
•gangbuster • filibuster • blockbuster
•semiconductor • headhunter
•woodcutter
•lacklustre (US lackluster)
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"conductor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "conductor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-conductor.html "conductor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-conductor.html |
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