directors

Noun

director (plural directors)

1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
   • Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019
2. A member of a board of directors.
   • [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
4. That which directs or orientates something.
   • Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest, volume 3, page 76
5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

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