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Nonconductor and Conductor Definitions

Nonconductor

A material that conducts little or no electricity, heat, or sound.

Conductor

One who is in charge of a railroad train, bus, or streetcar.

Nonconductor

Any material that does not conduct electricity; a dielectric

Conductor

(Music) One who directs an orchestra or other such group.

Nonconductor

A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.
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Conductor

(Physics) A substance or medium that conducts heat, light, sound, or especially an electric charge.

Nonconductor

A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity

Conductor

A lightning rod, as on a house or barn.

Conductor

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

Conductor

(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
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Conductor

(rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
Train conductor
Tram conductor

Conductor

(physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

Conductor

(mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

Conductor

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

Conductor

(architecture) A leader.

Conductor

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.

Conductor

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

Conductor

The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

Conductor

A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

Conductor

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

Conductor

Same as Leader.

Conductor

The person who leads a musical group

Conductor

A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

Conductor

A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

Conductor

The person who collects fares on a public conveyance

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