con|duc|tor — «kuhn DUHK tuhr», noun. 1. a person who conducts; director; manager: »The successful owner of a business must be an able conductor of business affairs. 2. the director of an orchestra or chorus. The conductor of an orchestra or chorus trains the… … Useful english dictionary
ab|duc|tor — «ab DUHK tuhr», noun. 1. a person who abducts someone; kidnaper. 2. a muscle that pulls a part of the body away from its normal position by the trunk or main axis. The deltoid muscle of the shoulder is an abductor that raises the arm outward and… … Useful english dictionary
ad|duc|tor — «uh DUHK tuhr», noun. a muscle that adducts, such as the muscle that moves the thumb inward against the fingers … Useful english dictionary
e|duc|tor — «ih DUHK tuhr», noun. a person or thing that educes … Useful english dictionary
re|duc|tor — «rih DUHK tuhr», noun. a device reducing ferric sulfate to ferrous sulfate by zinc: »A reductor is used in the analysis of iron and steel … Useful english dictionary
con|duc´tor|less — con|duc|tor «kuhn DUHK tuhr», noun. 1. a person who conducts; director; manager: »The successful owner of a business must be an able conductor of business affairs. 2. the director of an orchestra or chorus. The conductor of an orchestra or chorus … Useful english dictionary
con|duc|tor|ship — «kuhn DUHK tuhr shihp», noun. the office or function of a conductor … Useful english dictionary
non|con|duc|tor — «NON kuhn DUHK tuhr», noun. a substance that does not readily conduct heat, electricity, or sound. Rubber is a nonconductor of electricity … Useful english dictionary
pho|to|con|duc|tor — «FOH toh kuhn DUHK tuhr», noun. a conductor whose ability to conduct electricity improves notably upon exposure to light … Useful english dictionary
ra|di|o|con|duc|tor — «RAY dee oh kuhn DUHK tuhr», noun. a device that detects electric waves, such as a coherer in wireless telegraphy … Useful english dictionary