Meanings
plural ductors
- obsoleteOne 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 - mediaA device, usually in the form of an oscillating roller, for transferring ink from a source to the ink train rollers in a controlled manner.
1883, Andrew Overend, "Inking apparatus for printing-machines", US patent US363760, filed 9 November 1883, issued 24 May 1887. 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...
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Ink is transferred to the ink distribution rollers by a ductor roller.
2004, Daniel Gamota, Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics, Springer, published 2004, →ISBN
Origin
- Latinductor
- Englishductor
From Latin ductor, agent noun of duco (“to lead”).
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