Word Finder - conducting

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To lead, or guide; to escort.

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To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

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The commander conducted thousands of troops.

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(reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

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He conducted himself well.

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To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

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To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

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To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

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To carry out (something organized)

Looks like I'll be conducting mind checks morning and night.

It was hard to imagine Katie conducting her life without the help of others.

The advantage of the high conducting power which copper possesses Over- is of especial value in moist climates (like that of the United Kingdom), since the effect of leakage over the surface of the damp insulators is much less noticeable when the conducting power of the wire is high than when it is low, especially when the line is a long one.

We'd discussed the possibility of conducting our business at other sites, should the need arise.

Wilson supposes that by the fall to the ground of a preponderance of negatively charged rain the air above the shower has a higher positive potential than elsewhere at the same level, thus leading to large conduction currents laterally in the highly conducting upper layers.

He was one of the commissioners for conducting the trials of the regicides, but was himself vehemently "fallen upon" by Prynne for having acted with Cromwell.

Copper is not yet universally employed, price being the governing factor in its employment; moreover, the conducting quality of the iron used for telegraphic purposes has of late years been very greatly improved.

In the same way all the conducting sheets on the other side of the paper are connected together and form the earth-plate of this artificial cable, thus representing the sea.

There was no need for the high-rise quiet Quinn and Howie had required as we were no longer conducting sessions.

He also continued the writings begun in his second period; and the Macedonian kings have the glory of having assisted the Stagirite philosopher with the means of conducting his researches in the History of Animals.

His mind was occupied by the interests of the center that was conducting a gigantic war, and he was glad to be free for a while from the distraction caused by the thought of Kuragin.

A comely, fresh-looking old man was conducting the service with that mild solemnity which has so elevating and soothing an effect on the souls of the worshipers.

She went to the railing again to watch Toni throw herself all over Xander under the guise of conducting an interview.

In the earliest telephone switchboards the lines were connected to vertical conducting strips, across which were placed a series of similar horizontal strips in such a manner that any horizontal could be connected to any line strip by the insertion of a plug into holes provided in the strips for the purpose.

This society early began td hold a great show of live stock, implements, &c. In 1842 certain Midlothian tenant-farmers had the merit of originating an Agricultural Chemistry Association (the first of its kind), by which funds were raised for the purpose of conducting such investigations as the title of the society implies.

Every hypothesis must be tested by an appeal to the facts of life, and modified or abandoned if it will not bear examination, unless we are convinced on genuine evidence that it may for a time be employed as a useful approximation, without prejudice to the later stages of the investigation we are conducting.

Berthelot was the first to suggest, in 1866, after conducting a series of experiments, that mineral oil was produced by purely chemical action, similar to that employed in the manufacture of acetylene.

John Wilkinson and John Story of Westmorland, together with William Rogers of Bristol, raised a party against Fox concerning the management of the affairs of the society, regarding with suspicion any fixed arrangement for meetings for conducting church business, and in fact hardly finding a place for such meetings at all.

The mode of conducting these meetings is noteworthy.

But to all these Berthier in the emperor's name sent the stereotyped reply- " The emperor has ordered you to carry four days' provisions, therefore you can expect nothing further - you know the emperor's method of conducting war."

The surplice is not used, the ministers conducting the ordinary services and preaching in a black gown, of the 16th-century type, with white bands or ruff.

His lucid style and the perfection of his experimental demonstrations drew to his lectures a crowd of enthusiastic scholars, on whom he impressed the importance of applied science by conducting them round the factories and workshops of the city; and he further found time to hold weekly "colloquies" on physical questions at his house with a small circle of young students.

This was followed at the close of the same year by the discovery of the magnetic condition of all matter, a discovery which initiated a prolonged and fruitful study of paramagnetic and diamagnetic phenomena, including magnecrystallic action and " magnetic conducting power," now known as permeability.

But the king himself worked hard in hearing lawsuits, in holding councils and ceremonious courts, in travelling between England and Normandy, and finally in conducting military operations.

Beyond appearing at the meetings of learned societies he took little part in public affairs; he lived alone, conducting his investigations in a deliberate and exhaustive manner, but in the most rigid seclusion, no person being admitted to his laboratory on any pretext.

The simplest supposition is that the material composing the obstacle is perfectly conducting, i.e.

Whether as a guerrillero leader, or as a general conducting regular war in the mountains, he proved unconquerable.

Sidney Young has suggested conducting the operation in a current of carbon dioxide which sweeps out the vapours as they are evolved, and also heating in a vapour bath, e.g.

If the two small conducting spheres are placed with centres at a distance d centimetres, and immersed in an insulator of dielectric constant K, and carry charges of Q and Q' electrostatic units respectively, measured as above described, then the mechanical force between them is equal to QQ'/Kd 2 dynes.

If a small conducting body is charged with Q electrostatic units of electricity, and placed in any electric field at a point where the electric force has a value E, it will be subject to a mechanical force equal to QE dynes, tending to move it in the direction of the resultant electric force.

We have first to determine the mode in which electricity distributes itself on a conducting ellipsoid in free space.

The reader is also referred to an article by Lord Kelvin (Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, p. 178), entitled " Determination of the Distribution of Electricity on a Circular Segment of a Plane, or Spherical Conducting Surface under any given Influence," where another equivalent expression is given for the capacity of an ellipsoid.

Sherman, then conducting his Atlanta campaign.

In 1967, a psychologist named Diana Baumrind studied 100 children and their parents, conducting interviews and observing interactions in natural settings.

This site also offers movie poster gift certificates, monthly specials (although these are primarily reprints and not originals), and assistance in conducting searches for specific, hard to find titles.

Some of the best scary ghost videos come from the many paranormal research groups conducting investigations at haunted locations around the country.

After conducting practice bombing runs and flying a bit East off of the coast, the flight plan called for the planes to turn North and then head back to base.

The key to conducting a successful cross-reference is for the therapist to wihthold all information other than a date or a year.

Conducting a past life test will quickly fade into the background as you become caught up in the spiritual journey you've undertaken.

Save on paper and postage costs by conducting business online whenever possible.

Be smart and save your money while conducting research by using the free information at your disposal.

So far, it is nothing but speculation and urban legend, however some doctors take the claims seriously and are conducting further research.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, is conducting ongoing research supporting the benefits of yoga for those who suffer from insomnia and acute lower-back pain.

Students are expected to apply what they have learned by conducting lessons of their own, under the guidance of the program's instructors.

Business Information Centers (BICs) provide clients with free Internet for conducting market research, identify competitors and access the SBA and interactive or CD-ROM on-line training programs.

If a firm is found conducting business in an unscrupulous manner, the penalty is severe.

When conducting interviews, it's beneficial to ask three different kinds of questions.

If you feel a need to share such information with a company representative, take care of that when you are conducting your final exit interview rather than including it in your letter of resignation.

Companies guided by the stakeholder perspective are typically those that hold themselves - and their employees - accountable for conducting business in a socially responsible manner.

On the KBB used car site, you'll discover an enormous resource for conducting amazingly in-depth research on any make and model of car.