Conductor or conduction may refer to:
Biology and medicine
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Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear
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Conduction aphasia, a language disorder
Mathematics
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Conductor (ring theory)
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Conductor of an abelian variety
* Conductor of a
Dirichlet character
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Conductor (class field theory)
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Artin conductor, of a Galois group
* Conductor of a
Numerical semigroup
Music
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Conductor (music)
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...
, a person who leads a musical ensemble
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''Conductor'' (album), an album by The Comas
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Conductor Williams (born 1982), American music producer
* Conduction, the musical improvisation method of
Butch Morris
Physics
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Electrical conductor
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Electrical resistivity and conductivity
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Electrical resistance and conductance
The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current. Its Multiplicative inverse, reciprocal quantity is , measuring the ease with which an electric current passes. Electrical resistance share ...
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Fast-ion conductor
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Mixed conductor, ionic and electronic
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Electrical conduction system of the heart
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Thermal conduction
Thermal conduction is the diffusion of thermal energy (heat) within one material or between materials in contact. The higher temperature object has molecules with more kinetic energy; collisions between molecules distributes this kinetic energy ...
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Thermal conductivity
The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to heat conduction, conduct heat. It is commonly denoted by k, \lambda, or \kappa and is measured in W·m−1·K−1.
Heat transfer occurs at a lower rate in materials of low ...
Transport
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Bus conductor, checking tickets
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Conductor (rail), on a train
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Conductor (underground railroad), freeing slaves
Other uses
* Mr. Conductor, a character in ''
Shining Time Station'' and ''
Thomas and the Magic Railroad''
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Conductor (architecture), a downspout
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Conductor (company), search engine optimisation company, New York City, US
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Conductor (military appointment), UK warrant officer
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Conductor (software), microservice orchestration
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''The Conductor'' (film), by Pavel Lungin, Russia, 2012
* Part of the
palpal bulb of male spiders
* ''
The Orchestra Conductor'', a 1980 Polish film by Andrzej Wajda
* Teacher in
conductive pedagogy
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