duct
(noun) an enclosed conduit for a fluid
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; “the tear duct was obstructed”; “the alimentary canal”; “poison is released through a channel in the snake’s fangs”
duct
(noun) a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
Source: WordNet® 3.1
duct (plural ducts)
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
(obsolete) Guidance; direction.
duct (third-person singular simple present ducts, present participle ducting, simple past and past participle ducted)
To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).
Source: Wiktionary
Duct, n. Etym: [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.
4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
