English > conductor: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | The person who leads a musical group. |
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| Synonyms | music director, director |
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| Instances | Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein | United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) |
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| Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh | major English composer of the 20th century |
| Fiedler, Arthur 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) |
| Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert | English composer and conductor (1905-1951) |
| Mahler, Gustav Mahler | Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) |
| Ormandy, Eugene Ormandy | United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985) |
| Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa | United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935) |
| Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski | United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977) |
| Szell, George Szell | United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970) |
| Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini | Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide / worldwide (1867-1957) |
| Walter, Bruno Walter | German conductor (1876-1962) |
| Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber | German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) |
| Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood | English conductor (1869-1944) |
| Narrower | bandleader | The leader of a dance band |
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| bandmaster | The conductor of a band |
| drum major | The leader of a marching band or drum corps |
| drum majorette, majorette | A female drum major |
| Broader | musician | artist who composes or conducts music as a profession |
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| Spanish | conductor, directora, director de orquesta, director |
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| Catalan | conductor, directora, director d'orquestra, director |
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| Verbs | conduct | lead musicians in the performance of |
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English > conductor: 4 senses > noun 4, artifact| Meaning | A device designed to transmit electricity, heat / heat, etc.. |
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| Narrower | busbar, bus | An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits |
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| cable, line, transmission line | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
| cord, electric cord | A light insulated conductor for household use |
| 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 / heat |
| lightning rod, lightning conductor | A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground |
| semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor | A conductor made with semiconducting material |
| shunt, electrical shunt, bypass | A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current |
| waveguide, wave guide | A hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves |
| wire, conducting wire | A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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| Spanish | conductor |
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| Catalan | conductor |
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| Verbs | conduct | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission |
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