duct.
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
Meaning & usage
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
heating and air-conditioning ducts
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air.
A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path.
Guidance, direction.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.
To enclose in a duct.
To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.
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