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    conductor
    /kənˈdʌktə/

    noun

    • 1. a person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir: "he was appointed principal conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra"
    • 2. a person who collects fares and sells tickets on a bus. British

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  2. 3 days ago · A piece of resistive material with electrical contacts on both ends. In an ideal case, cross-section and physical composition of the examined material are uniform across the sample, and the electric field and current density are both parallel and constant everywhere.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MetalMetal - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · A metal (from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon) 'mine, quarry, metal') is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

  4. Underground service conductors are defined in the NEC as the underground conductors between the service point and the first point of connection to the ? in a terminal box, meter, or other enclosure, inside or outside the building wall.

  5. 2 days ago · Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white metal that is liquid at room temperature. Compared to other metals, it is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair conductor of electricity. [12]

  6. 2 days ago · a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current. wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line. a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard. the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals.

  7. Where a service is supplied by a grounded system, the grounded conductor is required to be routed to the service disconnecting means enclosure and bonded to it. The grounded conductor is required to be routed to the service equipment along with its associated ungrounded service conductors.

  8. 4 days ago · A lightning conductor is used in almost every house or building to prevent unnecessary lightning strikes from the sky. Complete answer: A lightning conductor is also known as a lightning rod which is made of a metal which is a good conductor of electricity.