Associations to the word «Conductor»

Wiktionary

CONDUCTOR, noun. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
CONDUCTOR, noun. (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
CONDUCTOR, noun. A person who takes tickets on public transportation.
CONDUCTOR, noun. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
CONDUCTOR, noun. (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
CONDUCTOR, noun. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
CONDUCTOR, noun. (architecture) A leader.

Dictionary definition

CONDUCTOR, noun. The person who leads a musical group.
CONDUCTOR, noun. A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat.
CONDUCTOR, noun. The person who collects fares on a public conveyance.
CONDUCTOR, noun. A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc..

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche