Conduit

//ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass wordnet
  3. 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. 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. 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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  1. 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.

Etymology

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

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