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ductors

ductors is the plural of ductor.

Meaning of ductor

Noun

ductor (plural ductors)

  1. (obsolete) One who leads.
    • The Rhombus or Lozenge figure ſo viſible in this order, vvas alſo a remarkable form of battle in the Grecian Cavalry, […] As being moſt ready to turn every vvay, and beſt to be commanded, as having its ductors, or Commanders at each Angle.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter II.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 115
  2. A device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
    • The combination, with a fountain-roller and an ink-cylinder, of a ductor movable between said roller and cylinder for delivering ink from one to the other...1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887.

Questions about ductors

What is ductors the plural of?
Ductors is the plural of ductor.

Words near ductors in the dictionary

  1. ductopenia
  2. ductopenic
  3. ductoplasties
  4. ductoplasty
  5. ductor
  6. ductors
  7. ductoscope
  8. ductoscopes
  9. ductoscopic
  10. ductoscopies
  11. ductoscopy

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