conductor

n 1: the person who leads a musical group [syn: {music director},

{director}]

2: a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

[ant: {insulator}]

3: the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

4: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

constructor

1. In {functional programming} and {type

theory}, one of the symbols used to create an object with an

{algebraic data type}.

2. A function provided by a {class} in {C::} and some other

{object-oriented languages} to {instantiate} an object,

i.e. to name it and initialise it. The constructor function

has the same name as the class. A class may also have a

{destructor} function to destroy objects of that class.

(1994-10-20)