CONDUIT

conduit

(noun) a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; “the computers were connected through a system of conduits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conduit (plural conduits)

A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.

A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.

A means by which something is transmitted.

(finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

Source: Wiktionary


Con"duit ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]

1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.

2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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