conductor
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- noun
- /kənˈdʌktər/
- Specialized
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conductor
- Water is an excellent conductor of sound, making it ideal for underwater communication.
- electrical conductors
- copper conductor
- good conductor
That means all the little charges inside the conductor can move freely.
- That means all the little charges inside the conductor can move freely.
- How these work is that carbon is a conductor, but kind of a bad one.
- And so it's worth paying the extra cost to have that better conductor inside your chip.
- Plus the nanoscale structure itself is a poor conductor of heat.
- Well, he really was the the four father or godfather of ion conductors.
- But if I use two of them, I can also use them as my conductor for power and ground, which saved me a bunch of wiring.
- So we're basically using the diamond as the thermal conductor and the silicone grease as the medium for that material.
Examples
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Copper is a common conductor of electricity used in most wiring.
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Copper is chosen as the conductor line material primarily because of its high electrical conductivity.
Academic text (1998) -
How these work is that carbon is a conductor, but kind of a bad one.
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And so it's worth paying the extra cost to have that better conductor inside your chip.
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Silver is a great conductor.
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That means all the little charges inside the conductor can move freely.
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The process is not unlike setting up an electrical conductor between two points.
Fiction book (1991) -
In contrast to insulators, the electrons in conductors are weakly bound and flow easily.
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Graphene is a remarkable conductor of heat, enabling efficient thermal management in electronic devices.
Synonyms
A material that lets electricity or heat pass through it
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.7
A material like glass that does not let electricity or heat pass through
Compounds
A metal rod or wire on top of a building that carries lightning into the ground to prevent damage
How Conductive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word conductor comes from the parts con- ('together') and ducere ('to lead'), and a material called a conductor 'leads' electricity, heat, or sound through it — the same idea as the verb conduct, which means to 'lead'.