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Webster 1913 Edition
Conduit
1.
A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
All the
conduits
of my blood froze up. Shakespeare
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different
conduits
, we have drunk. Burke.
(b)
A narrow passage for private communication.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conduit
CONDUIT
,Noun.
1.
A canal or pipe for the conveyance of water; an aqueduct. Conduits are made of lead, stone, cast iron, wood, &c., above or below the surface of the earth.2.
A vessel that conveys the blood or other fluid.The conduits of my blood.
3.
A conductor.These organs are the nerves which are the conduits to convey them from without to their audience in the brain.
4.
A pipe or cock for drawing off liquor.5.
Any channel that conveys water or fluids; a sink, sewer or drain.Definition 2024
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See also: conduït
English
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.
Derived terms
Translations
pipe or channel for conveying water
duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
A means by which something is transmitted
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.
Noun
conduit m (plural conduits)
- conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
Verb
conduit m (feminine singular conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)
- past participle of conduire
Verb
conduit
- third-person singular present indicative of conduire