Conduit
/ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
"This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond."
- 2 a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass wordnet
- 3 A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
"Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable."
- 4 A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
- 5 A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A means by which something is transmitted. figuratively
"The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world."
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- 6 A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.
Example
More examples"The screams are harmonic tremors, and researchers at the University of Washington believe they are caused when magma is forced through a narrow conduit at greater and greater pressure into the heart of the volcano."
Etymology
From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.