conductor

1. The person who leads a musical group (synset 109972018)
   is a type of: musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
   subtypes:

   • 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, majorette - a female drum major
   specific instances:

   • 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, lambert, leonard constant 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)
   same as: director, music director
2. A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat (synset 114845213)
   is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
   subtypes:

   • 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
3. The person who collects fares on a public conveyance (synset 109972531)
   is a type of: accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
   subtypes: conductress - a woman conductor
4. A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. (synset 103093163)
   is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
   subtypes:

   • bus, busbar - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits
   • 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
   • 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, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit - a conductor made with semiconducting material
   • bypass, electrical shunt, shunt - 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

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