conductor
Definitions of conductor
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the act of bending somethingsynonyms: cable, cordón, encorvadura, encorvamiento, flexión, hilo, prolongación
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a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.types:electrodoa conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuitpararrayosa metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightningsemiconductora conductor made with semiconducting materialderivacióna conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the currentánodoa positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical devicecátodoa negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical devicemicrochip, microplaquetaelectronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuitdiodoa semiconductor that consists of a p-n junctionemisorthe electrode in a transistor where electrons originatefilamentoa thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric currententrada, entradilla, introducción, presentaciónwire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission linetype of:
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the operator of a motor vehicletypes:conductor de autobússomeone who drives a busautomovilistasomeone who drives (or travels in) an automobilevolantistaa driver who obstructs otherstaxistasomeone who drives a taxi for a livingcamionerosomeone who drives a truck as an occupationchóferaa woman chauffeurtype of:
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a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heatantonyms:aislador, aislante, no conductora material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivitytypes:cobrea 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 conductorplataa 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 photographysemiconductora 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 impuritiesgermanioa brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyroditesilicioa tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistorstype of:materiathe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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