The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dirigent \Dir"i*gent\, a. [L. dirigens, p. pr. of dirigere. See
Direct, a.]
Directing.
--Baxter.
Dirigent \Dir"i*gent\, n. (Geom.)
The line of motion along which a describent line or surface
is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a
directrix.
--Hutton.
Wiktionary
a. That directs. n. 1 (context now chiefly biochemistry English) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide. 2 (context dated geometry English) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
Wikipedia
Dirigent may refer to:
- Conducting
- Dirigent protein, a class of proteins which dictate the stereochemistry of a compound synthesized by other enzymes
Usage examples of "dirigent".
The Dirigent lifted a specially prepared container of pur éed food, deftly inserted its tube into a hidden orifice behind the chinpiece of her diamond mask, and ate.
Most Planetary Dirigents had the ream-job done in advance by redactive specialists, but Dorothea Macdonald was unique in performing the probing herself.
He stepped into the small private elevator that served his flat, the only special perk he had requested when he decided to move his private quarters out of Dirigent House and into Cynophile Tower.
Dorothea's late predecessor, Dirigent Graeme Hamilton, had always had a soft spot in his heart for the rickety waterfront with its flourishing grog-shops, flea markets, resorts of dubious amusement, and ever-useful junkyards, and he'd balked at renovation.
With Scots tact they feigned not to see their Dirigent and her four distinguished companions as they ambled along the broad, landscaped walk, the humans shortening their stride to accommodate the small Poltroyan.
The writer did point out the verdigris-copper dome of the Caledonian Assembly, Dirigent House, where intrepid old Graeme Hamilton worked to keep his planet of hardheaded Scots toeing the Milieu line, and the University of New Glasgow, a cluster of white stratotowers in the midst of a multicolored campus.