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Conductor

Noun1.conductor - the person who leads a musical group
bandleader - the leader of a dance band
bandmaster - the conductor of a band
drum major - the leader of a marching band or drum corps
drum majorette - a female drum major
musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein - United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)
Benjamin Britten, Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh - major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
Arthur Fiedler, Fiedler - popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
Hindemith, Paul Hindemith - German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky - United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)
Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert, Lambert - English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Gustav Mahler, Mahler - Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)
Eugene Ormandy, Ormandy - United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985)
Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa - United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Stokowski - United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
George Szell, Szell - United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970)
Arturo Toscanini, Toscanini - Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957)
Bruno Walter, Walter - German conductor (1876-1962)
Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Weber - German conductor and composer of Romantic operas (1786-1826)
Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Wood - English conductor (1869-1944)
2.conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
busbar, bus - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system"
transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
electric cord, cord - a light insulated conductor for household use
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
heat sink - a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
lightning conductor, lightning rod - a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material
electrical shunt, shunt, bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
wave guide, waveguide - a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar
conducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
3.conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
atomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
Ag, atomic number 47, silver - a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
semiconducting material, semiconductor - a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
dielectric, insulator, nonconductor - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
4.conductor - the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
conductress - a woman conductor

 

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