Leader
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to “lead” or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. Specialist literature debates various viewpoints, contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership, and also (within the West) United States versus European approaches. U.S. academic environments define leadership as “a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. Leadership seen from a European and non-academic perspective encompasses a view of a leader who can be moved not only by communitarian goals but also by the search for personal power.Studies of leadership have produced theories involving traits, situational interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values, charisma, and intelligence, among others.
Downspout
A downspout, waterspout, downpipe, drain spout, roof drain pipe, leader is a pipe for carrying rainwater from a rain gutter.
Downspouts are usually vertical and usually extend down to ground level. The water is directed away from the building’s foundation, to protect the foundations from water damage. The water is usually piped to a sewer, or let into the ground through seepage.
The first ever downspout to be installed was in 1240 on the Tower of London, as it was whitewashed and the newly painted walls had to be protected from the rain.
Decorative heads are sometimes added, these being low-height gargoyles.
Leader (noun)
any person that leads or directs
Leader (noun)
one who goes first
“Follow the leader.”
Leader (noun)
one having authority to direct
“We elected her team leader.”
“chief|chieftain|commander”
Leader (noun)
one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles
“Leader of the House of Commons”
“Senate Majority Leader”
Leader (noun)
a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
“The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.”
Leader (noun)
a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra
“conductor”
Leader (noun)
an animal that leads
Leader (noun)
the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster
Leader (noun)
the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions
“alpha|pack leader”
Leader (noun)
someone or something that leads or conducts
“en|guide|conductor”
Leader (noun)
an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
Leader (noun)
a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant
Leader (noun)
a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground
Leader (noun)
the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story
Leader (noun)
a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line
Leader (noun)
a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press
Leader (noun)
a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price
Leader (noun)
a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face
Leader (noun)
a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number
Leader (noun)
a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
Leader (noun)
a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one
Leader (noun)
a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places
Leader (noun)
the drive wheel in any kind of machinery
“driver|drive wheel”
Downspout (noun)
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.
Downspout (noun)
a downpipe.