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Conductor or conduction may refer to:

In science:

• Electrical conductor, a material allowing the flow of electric current
• Electrical conduction, the movement of charged particles through an electrical conductor
• Fast ion conductor, a solid state electrical conductor which conducts due to the movement of ions
• Heat conduction, the transfer of thermal energy through matter

In music:

• Conducting, a person, called a "conductor", who leading a musical ensemble by way of visible gestures
• Conductor (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
• Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation in music notably practiced by Butch Morris

In other:

• Conductor (transportation), a person who sells and checks tickets on a bus, train, etc.
• Conductor (architecture), a traditional name for a downspout
• Conductor (British Army), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors
• Mr. Conductor, a character in Shining Time Station and in Thomas and the Magic Railroad

In mathematics:

• Conductor (ring theory), an ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
• Conductor of an abelian variety, a description of its bad reduction
• Conductor of a Dirichlet character, the natural (smallest) modulus for a character

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